Bidentate N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene catalyst highly active in RCM of disubstituted dienes.
The synthesis of a bidentate N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene from commercially available starting materials and its activity in ring-closing metathesis of functionalized disubstituted dienes at 30 degrees C is disclosed.
Samec
Joseph S M
JS
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories of Chemical Synthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Grubbs
Robert H
RH