Ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts with monodentate unsymmetrical NHC ligands

• Veronica Paradiso,
• Chiara Costabile and
• Fabia Grisi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3122–3149, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.292

• from its precursor 108 by deprotection under acidic conditions. The cis isomers 113–115 exhibited catalytic activity only at high temperatures, where they likely reassume the trans form which is characteristic for the Grubbs-type ruthenium carbene complexes. In order to develop a new structural class

Organometallic chemistry

• Bernd F. Straub,
• Rolf Gleiter,
• Claudia Meier and
• Lutz H. Gade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2216–2221, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.213

• mechanism of the Dötz reaction, he found that chromacyclobutene structures were unrealistic intermediates and instead proposed vinylcarbene complexes as much more stable isomers [64][68][88]. Other research projects of his group included the synthesis of ruthenium–carbene complexes with cis-dichloro ligands

Olefin metathesis in air

• Lorenzo Piola,
• Fady Nahra and
• Steven P. Nolan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2038–2056, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.221

• atoms, O (hard) and N (soft), offer different features and therefore can stabilize, respectively, high and low oxidation states. Ruthenium carbene complexes bearing Schiff bases were synthesized originally by the Grubbs’ group and applied in RCM reactions [95], showing lower activity then the Grubbs 1st

Ene–yne cross-metathesis with ruthenium carbene catalysts

• Cédric Fischmeister and
• Christian Bruneau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 156–166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.22

• acetylene in the presence of ruthenium carbene complexes has been reported [11]. A challenge that has still to be faced is the EYCM starting from acyclic internal olefins. Selected ruthenium catalysts able to perform EYCM. Applications of EYCM with ethylene in natural product synthesis. Interaction of

The catalytic performance of Ru–NHC alkylidene complexes: PCy₃ versus pyridine as the dissociating ligand

• Stefan Krehl,
• Diana Geißler,
• Sylvia Hauke,
• Oliver Kunz,
• Lucia Staude and
• Bernd Schmidt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1188–1198, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.136

• catalysts show similar activity in cross metathesis reactions. Keywords: homogeneous catalysis; N-heterocyclic carbenes; olefin metathesis; pyridine ligand; Ruthenium carbene complexes; Introduction Over the past two decades, the olefin metathesis reaction became one of the most important C–C-bond forming

About the activity and selectivity of less well-known metathesis catalysts during ADMET polymerizations

• Hatice Mutlu,
• Lucas Montero de Espinosa,
• Oĝuz Türünç and
• Michael A. R. Meier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1149–1158, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.131

• cases isomerization was attributed to the presence of a Ru-hydride species [13][14]. The cause of formation of such Ru-hydride species was long a subject of discussion. Grubbs reported that certain ruthenium carbene complexes can thermally decompose to Ru-hydride species [19]. Moreover, mechanistic

Cross-metathesis of allylcarboranes with O-allylcyclodextrins

• Ivan Šnajdr,
• Zbyněk Janoušek,
• Jindřich Jindřich and
• Martin Kotora

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1099–1105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.126

• peracetylation [7][24]. At the outset cross-metathesis of allylcarborane 1a with 2I-O-allylcyclodextrin 2a and various ruthenium-carbene complexes (10 mol %) in dichloromethane was carried out to assess the most suitable catalyst (for cross-metatheses involving carboranes, see: [25][26]). However, when the

Synthesis of fluorinated δ-lactams via cycloisomerization of gem-difluoropropargyl amides

• Satoru Arimitsu and
• Gerald B. Hammond

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 48, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.48

•  tricyclic ring systems [20]. Results and Discussion Initially, we investigated the enyne metathesis reaction of fluorinated enyne 1a with commercially available ruthenium carbene complexes, the Hoveyda–Grubbs second-generation catalyst being the most reactive (entries 1–3, Table 1). The reaction at 110 °C

• by a tandem metathesis reaction, this would permit the synthesis of multi-substituted gem-difluoroisoquinolinones through a subsequent Diels–Alder reaction (eq 2, Scheme 2) [28]. In this regard, we screened various ruthenium carbene complexes using 1,7-enyne amide 1a and styrene 8a as a model

• (Scheme 3). In summary, gem-difluoro-1,7-enyne carbonyl derivatives are useful reaction partners in enyne metathesis cycloisomerization and CM–EYM tandem reactions catalyzed by ruthenium carbene complexes. The resulting diene products can be elaborated further using a Diels–Alder reaction. Comparison of