Light-induced olefin metathesis

• Yuval Vidavsky and
• N. Gabriel Lemcoff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1106–1119, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.127

• ruthenium cymene complexes (Figure 8) either by replacing the phosphane ligand in complex 12 by NHC ligands or via direct synthesis from 13. Complexes 15 and 16 were tested as photoactivated ROMP catalysts. In all cases cyclooctene was used as a standard cyclic olefin monomer for the polymerisation studies

• in the photochemical process; however, the active species and overall mechanism were not elucidated. Both saturated and unsaturated NHC ligands afforded similar results. However, blocking both ortho positions on the aromatic groups of the NHCs was crucial for the performance of the catalyst. The

• . Ruthenium complexes with p-cymene and NHC ligands. Photoactivated cationic ROMP precatalysts. Different monomers for PROMP. Light-induced cationic catalysts for ROMP. Sulfur chelated ruthenium benzylidene pre-catalysts for olefin metathesis. Photoacid generators for photoinduced metathesis. Encapsulated 39

Halide exchanged Hoveyda-type complexes in olefin metathesis

• Julia Wappel,
• César A. Urbina-Blanco,
• Mudassar Abbas,
• Jörg H. Albering,
• Robert Saf,
• Steven P. Nolan and
• Christian Slugovc

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1091–1098, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.125

• attributed to a steady and competitive research, focused on improving activity, selectivity and functional group tolerance of the catalysts by changing the leaving co-ligand [4][5], by using tailored carbene ligands [5][6][7], by introducing new NHC ligands [5][8][9], or by variation of the anionic co

Expedient syntheses of the N-heterocyclic carbene precursor imidazolium salts IPr·HCl, IMes·HCl and IXy·HCl

• Lukas Hintermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 22, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-22

• -dimethylphenyl), precursors to widely used N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands and catalysts, were prepared in high yields (81%, 69% and 89%, respectively) by the reaction of 1,4-diaryl-1, 4-diazabutadienes, paraformaldehyde and chlorotrimethylsilane in dilute ethyl acetate solution. A reaction mechanism