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US 2016/0108073 A1Published application
Novel transition metal complexes, their preparation and use
AssigneesThe Governing Council of the University of Toronto, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
InventorsClinton LUND, Douglas Wade STEPHAN, Adam MCKINTY, Christopher ONG, Michael BOONE
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Abstract
Novel transition metal complexes are provided which represent viable catalysts for a broad variety of reactions such as hydrogenation reactions and metathesis reactions. Novel preparation processes are made available via unprecedented routes inter alia not involving structures according to Grubbs I or Grubbs II catalysts.
Claims19
A complex having general formula (I)
- wherein
- M means Ru, Os or Fe;
- X means O or S;
- D means S, O, PR2, or NR2 with R2 meaning straight chain or branched C1-C14 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or C6-C24 aryl;
- Y means a divalent moiety or a unsubstituted or substituted C6-C10arylene group;
- R means unsubstituted or substituted C6-C14;
- L1 means a ligand;
- Z means B, Al, Ga, or In;
- R1 are identical or different and represent F, Cl, Br, I, unsubstituted or substituted, straight chain or branched C1-C14 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or unsubstituted or substituted C5-C24 aryl;
- X1 means F, Cl, Br, or I.
- L2 is a two electron donor ligand;
- and
- n is either 0 or 1.
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A complex according to general formula (IV)
- wherein
- M means Ru, Os or Fe;
- X means O or S;
- D means S, O, PR2, or NR2 with R2 meaning straight chain or branched C1-C14 alkyl, C3-C5 cycloalkyl, preferably C5— or C6-C24 aryl;
- Y means a divalent moiety or a unsubstituted or substituted C6-C10 arylene group;
- R means unsubstituted or substituted C6-C14 aryl;
- L1 means a ligand;
- Z means B, Al, Ga, or In;
- R1 are identical or different and represent F, Cl, Br, I, unsubstituted or substituted, straight chain or branched C1-C14 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted C6-C24 aryl;
- and
- X1 means F, Cl, Br, or I.
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A transition metal complex according to general formula (II)
- wherein
- M means Ru, Os or Fe;
- X means O or S;
- D means S, O, or PR2 with R2 meaning straight chain or branched C1-C14 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, or C6-C24 aryl;
- Y means a divalent moiety, or a unsubstituted or substituted C6-C10arylene group;
- R means unsubstituted or substituted C6-C14 aryl;
- L1 means a ligand;
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.