Ruthenium Allenylidene Complexes

Authors: Dragutan, Ileana; Dragutan, Valerian

Source: Platinum Metals Review, Volume 50, Number 2, April 2006 , pp. 81-94(14)

Publisher: Johnson Matthey

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Abstract:

This paper presents a detailed account of an array of well-defined ruthenium allenylidene complexes as a promising class of metathesis pre-catalysts. This type of ruthenium complex is readily accessible from commercial reagents, induces good to excellent metathesis catalytic activity and selectivity, and shows a great tolerance towards many organic functional groups. By virtue of these beneficial features, ruthenium allenylidene complexes allow synthesis of a wide range of heterocyclic and carbocyclic compounds through ring-closing metathesis (RCM) and enyne metathesis as well as production of specialty polymers by acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) and ring-opening metathesis polymerisation (ROMP).

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1595/147106706X112996

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