Indenylidene-ruthenium complexes bearing saturated N-heterocyclic carbenes: Synthesis and catalytic investigation in olefin metathesis reactions

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-440

  Monsaert, Stijn ^a   Drozdzak, Renata ^a   Dragutan, Valerian ^b   Dragutan, Ileana ^b   Verpoort, Francis ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Carbene ligands; Homogeneous catalysis; Metathesis; N heterocyclic carbenes; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHELATION; LIGANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLEFINS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBENE LIGANDS; GENERAL FORMULAS; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; METATHESIS; METATHESIS CATALYSTS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; NMR-SPECTROSCOPY; OLEFIN METATHESIS; OLEFIN METATHESIS REACTIONS; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 38949088658     PISSN: 14341948     EISSN: 10990682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200700879     Document Type: Article

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