Pentalenes
AssigneeIsis Innovation Limited
InventorsDermot Michael O'Hare, Andrew Edward Ashley
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Abstract
The present invention relates to per-substituted pentalene compounds, including permethylpentalene and precursors thereof. In particular, the invention provides substituted pentalene compounds and methods of preparing substituted pentalene compounds; complexes of metals with substituted pentalene compounds and methods for their production; and the use of complexes of metals with substituted pentalene compounds in catalysis.
Claims25
A compound which is a substituted pentalene of formula (I):
- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each independently a substituent group having up to 40 carbon atoms, provided that the substituent groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are not all phenyl.
A compound which is a substituted pentalene selected from the group consisting of formulae (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), and (Id):
- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each independently a substituent group having up to 40 carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.