Ruthenium carbene complexes with imidazolin-2-ylidene ligands allow the formation of tetrasubstituted cycloalkenes by RCM

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 4787-4790

  Ackermann, Lutz ^a   Fürstner, Alois ^a   Weskamp, Thomas ^b   Kohl, Florian J ^b   Herrmann, Wolfgang A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Carbenes; Imidazolin 2 ylidenes; Metathesis; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

CARBENOID; CARBON; CYCLOALKANE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLIN 2 YLIDENE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033603294     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00919-3     Document Type: Article

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