Alkyl group-tagged ruthenium indenylidene complexes: Synthesis, characterization and metathesis activity
作者:Baoyi Yu、Fatma B. Hamad、Karen Leus、Alex A. Lyapkov、Kristof Van Hecke、Francis Verpoort
DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2015.04.054
日期:2015.8
We report on the synthesis of ruthenium indenylidene catalysts [RuCl2(3-R-1-indenylidene)(PCy3)(2) in which R is iso-propyl (7a), tert-butyl (7b) or cyclohexyl (7c)]. The obtained alkyl tagged indenylidene catalysts were analyzed by means of IR, elemental analysis, NMR and single crystal X-Ray diffraction analysis. Furthermore, the catalytic performance of these new complexes was examined in different metathesis reactions: ring-closing metathesis (RCM), ring-closing ene-yne metathesis (RCEYM), ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and cross metathesis (CM), exhibiting a comparable activity in comparison with the commercially available catalyst 3a. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.