Ruthenium carbene complexes with imidazolin-2-ylidene ligands allow the formation of tetrasubstituted cycloalkenes by RCM

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Abstract

Chemically quite robust ruthenium carbene complexes 2-8 bearing one or two imidazolin-2-ylidene ligands are highly active catalysts for all types of ring closing metathesis reactions (RCM). Importantly, they even allow the formation of tetrasubstituted alkenes that were previously out of reach of ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4787-4790
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume40
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jun 1999

Keywords

  • Alkenes
  • Carbenes
  • Imidazolin-2-ylidenes
  • Metathesis
  • Ruthenium

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