TY - JOUR A1 - Guidone, Stefano A1 - Nahra, Fady A1 - Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. A1 - Cazin, Catherine S. J. T1 - Ruthenium indenylidene “1st generation” olefin metathesis catalysts containing triisopropyl phosphite JF - Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry PY - 2015/// VL - 11 SP - 1520 EP - 1527 SN - 1860-5397 DO - 10.3762/bjoc.11.166 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Org. Chem. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.11.166 KW - 1st generation KW - indenylidene KW - metathesis KW - phosphite KW - ruthenium N2 - The reaction of triisopropyl phosphite with phosphine-based indenylidene pre-catalysts affords “1st generation” cis-complexes. These have been used in olefin metathesis reactions. The cis-Ru species exhibit noticeable differences with the trans-Ru parent complexes in terms of structure, thermal stability and reactivity. Experimental data underline the importance of synergistic effects between phosphites and L-type ligands. ER -