Alkylidene-Ruthenium-Tin Catalysts for the Formation of Fatty Nitriles and Esters via Cross-Metathesis of Plant Oil Derivatives
作者:Xiaowei Miao、Anton Blokhin、Alexandr Pasynskii、Sergey Nefedov、Sergey N. Osipov、Thierry Roisnel、Christian Bruneau、Pierre H. Dixneuf
DOI:10.1021/om100372b
日期:2010.11.8
The reaction of SnCl2 with the Ru-Cl bond of the Grubbs I catalyst RuCl2(=CHPh)(PCy3)(2) (1) gives the complex [Ru(=CHPh)(SnCl3)(PCy3)](2)(mu-Cl)(3)}(-)[HPCy3](+) (2), but containing two diethyl ether solvate molecules. The formal insertion of SnCl2 into one Ru-Cl bond of the Hoveyda II catalyst RuCl2(=CH-C6H4OPri)H(2)IMes) (3) (H(2)IMes = N,N'-dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene) results in formation of the new complex RuCl(SnCl3)(=CH-C6H4OPri)(H(2)IMes) (4). The X-ray analyses of 2 and 4 show the presence of very short Ru-Sn bonds (2.5834(9) angstrom mean bond for 2 and 2.5925(12) angstrom for 4) and the retention of short Ru=C bonds (1.895(10) and 1.825(8) angstrom, respectively). Complex 4 shows an excellent catalytic activity for the cross-metathesis of plant oil derivatives, the C11 omega-unsaturated ester and aldehyde and the unsaturated C18 diester with acrylonitrile, and a good activity for their cross-metathesis with methyl acrylate. Good to excellent yield of alpha,omega-bifunctional compounds, precursors of polyesters and polyamides, were obtained. Complex 2 shows catalytic activity for the self-metathesis of C11 omega-unsaturated aldehyde at low concentration to produce C20 alpha,omega-dialdehyde.