Effect of Ligand Bulk in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis: IPr* vs IPr

• Autores: Simona Manzini, César A. Urbina Blanco, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Steven P. Nolan
• Localización: Organometallics, ISSN 0276-7333, Vol. 31, Nº. 18, 2012, págs. 6514-6517
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Novel ruthenium catalysts, [RuCl2(IPr*)(PPh3)(3-phenylindenylidene)] (1) and [RuCl2(IPr*)(Py)(3-phenylindenylidene)] (2), bearing the very bulky ligand IPr* are reported. The complexes were tested in ring closing and cross-metathesis, and their activities were compared to that displayed by [RuCl2(IPr)(PPh3)(3-phenylindenylidene)] (3) and the new [RuCl2(IPr)(Py)(3-phenylindenylidene)] (4), in order to assess how the steric hindrance of the N-heterocyclic carbene influences the catalytic activity of the resulting ruthenium complexes.