Mechanistic comparison of ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts: DFT insight into relative reactivity and decomposition behavior

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 691, Issue 24-25, 2006, Pages 5312-5325

  van Rensburg, Werner Janse ^a   Steynberg, Petrus J ^a   Kirk, Megan M ^a   Meyer, Wolfgang H ^a   Forman, Grant S ^a  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decomposition; DFT; Mechanism; Metathesis; Phoban catalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DECOMPOSITION; OLEFINS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REACTION KINETICS; RUTHENIUM;

LIGAND SYSTEMS; METATHESIS MECHANISM; PHOBAN CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 33751373293     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.08.075     Document Type: Article

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