Journal of Fluorine Chemistry

Ring-closing olefin metathesis in the aqueous phase of amphiphilic conetworks consisting of fluorophilic and hydrophilic compartments

EM Hensle, J Tobis, JC Tiller, W Bannwarth

Index: Hensle, Eva M.; Tobis, Jan; Tiller, Joerg C.; Bannwarth, Willi Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 129, # 10 p. 968 - 973

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Abstract

A Grubbs–Hoveyda-Type metathesis catalyst bearing a tris (perfluoroalkyl) silyl tag was immobilized in the fluorophilic phase of amphiphilic conetworks (APCNs). This catalytic system was applied to ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reactions in aqueous media. Different substrates were evaluated and with 10mol% of catalyst at 60° C good conversions were observed. Reuse of the catalytic system was possible, but resulted generally in lower ...