Dimer ring-closing metathesis
CHARLES E. DIESENDRUCK1, AMOS BEN-ASULY1, ISRAEL GOLDBERG2, N. GABRIEL LEMCOFF1*
*Corresponding author
1. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Chemistry Department, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
2. Tel-Aviv University, School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv, 69978, Israel
Abstract
Homodinuclear ruthenium catalysts with rigidspacers were used in the discovery of a new olefinmetathesis reaction: Dimer Ring Closing Metathesis (DRCM).The development of DRCM is commented and the synthesisof a new di-ruthenium complex is presented. The newcomplex was shown to be active in olefin metathesis, but itwas not selective for DRCM. The future perspectives for theexciting DRC reaction are also discussed.
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