Sulfur chelated ruthenium compounds useful as olefin metathesis catalysts
AssigneeBen-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority
InventorsN. Gabriel Lemcoff, Amos Ben-Asuly
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Abstract
Sulfur chelated ruthenium compounds represented by the following formula: wherein M indicates the ruthenium metal bound to a benzylidene carbon; R represents C1-C7 alkyl group or optionally substituted aryl; X1 and X2 each independently represent halogen; Y1 and Y2 each independently denote unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted phenyl; and Z independently represents hydrogen, electron withdrawing or electron donating substituent, with m being an integer from 1 to 4, and processes and compositions related thereto.
Claims14
A sulfur chelated ruthenium compound represented by the following formula:
- wherein M indicates the ruthenium metal bound to a benzylidene carbon;
- R represents an optionally substituted aryl;
- X1 and X2 each independently represent halogen;
- Y1 and Y2 each independently denote unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted phenyl;
- and independently represents hydrogen, electron withdrawing or electron donating substituent, with m being an integer from 1 to 4.
A process for preparing a metathesis reaction product, which comprises subjecting an olefin to a metathesis reaction in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a sulfur chelated ruthenium compound represented by the following formula:
- wherein M indicates the ruthenium metal bound to a benzylidene carbon;
- R represents an optionally substituted aryl;
- X1 and X2 each independently represent halogen;
- Y1 and Y2 each independently denote unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted phenyl;
- and Z independently represents hydrogen, electron withdrawing or electron donating substituent, with m being an integer from 1 to 4;
- and irradiating said catalyst of Formula I with light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.