Phosphine-Based Z-Selective Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts

…, G Occhipinti, KW Törnroos, VR Jensen

Index: Occhipinti, Giovanni; Hansen, Fredrik R.; Toernroos, Karl W.; Jensen, Vidar R. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 135, # 9 p. 3331 - 3334

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Abstract

Whereas a number of highly Z-selective ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands have been reported in recent years, Z-selectivity has so far been difficult to achieve for phosphine-based catalysts. Guided by predictive density