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Synthesis of a [2] Catenane around a Ru (diimine) 32+ Scaffold by Ring-Closing Metathesis of Olefins

F Arico, P Mobian, JM Kern, JP Sauvage

Index: Arico, Fabio; Mobian, Pierre; Kern, Jean-Marc; Sauvage, Jean-Pierre Organic Letters, 2003 , vol. 5, # 11 p. 1887 - 1890

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Abstract

The synthesis of a ruthenium [2] catenane is described. One ring includes two 1, 10- phenanthroline moieties, the other a bipyridinic unit. The interlocking ring system was formed by using a double ring closing metathesis reaction. Under irradiation, a rapid and selective decoordination of the bipyridinic fragment was observed, leading to a new catenane in which the metal is only coordinated to the bis-phenanthroline moiety.