TRANSITION METAL CARBENE COMPLEXES CONTAINING A CATIONIC SUBSTITUENT AS CATALYSTS OF OLEFIN METATHESIS REACTIONS

• Main Authors: GUAJARDO, PATRICIO EDUARDO ROMERO, PIERS, WARREN EDWARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 31.03.2015
• Subjects: ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

Organometallic complexes suitable as olefin metathesis catalysts are provided. The complexes are Group 8 transition metal carbenes bearing a cationic substituent and having the general structure (I) wherein M is a Group 8 transition metal, L1and L2 are neutral electron donor ligands, X1 and X2are an...