Olefin metathesis in room temperature ionic liquids using imidazolium-tagged ruthenium complexes

H Clavier, N Audic, JC Guillemin, M Mauduit

Index: Clavier, Herve; Audic, Nicolas; Guillemin, Jean-Claude; Mauduit, Marc Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2005 , vol. 690, # 15 p. 3585 - 3599

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Abstract

New recyclable imidazolium-tagged ruthenium catalysts have been developed to perform olefin metathesis in room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). High level of recyclability combined with a high reactivity were obtained in the ring-closing metathesis (RCM) of a variety of di-or tri-substituted and/or oxygen-containing dienes. Extremely low residual ruthenium levels were detected in the RCM products (average of 7.3 ppm per run). ...