PQS: a new platform for micellar catalysis. RCM reactions in water, with catalyst recycling.
The first "designer" surfactant containing a covalently bound ruthenium catalyst is reported. This species dissolves freely in water, forming nanomicelles in which ring-closing metathesis reactions on water-insoluble dienic substrates can occur in pure water at room temperature. It can also be recycled continuously without reaction workup.
Lipshutz
Bruce H
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
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