A well-defined rhenium(VII) olefin metathesis catalyst

Molybdenum tungsten, and rhenium are the three most active metals in classical olefin metathesis systems. Molybdenum (VI){sup 2} and tungsten(VI){sup 3} alkylidene complexes of the type M-(CHR{prime})(NAr)(OR){sub 2} (Ar = 2,6-C{sub 6}H{sub 3}-i-Pr{sub 2}) have been shown to be well-behaved olefin m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Chemical Society 1990-03, Vol.112 (6), p.2448-2449
Hauptverfasser: Toreki, Robert, Schrock, Richard R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Molybdenum tungsten, and rhenium are the three most active metals in classical olefin metathesis systems. Molybdenum (VI){sup 2} and tungsten(VI){sup 3} alkylidene complexes of the type M-(CHR{prime})(NAr)(OR){sub 2} (Ar = 2,6-C{sub 6}H{sub 3}-i-Pr{sub 2}) have been shown to be well-behaved olefin metathesis catalysts with an activity that can be controlled through the choice of OR. Although several rhenium alkylidene complexes have been reported, none has shown any confirmable metathesis activity, even toward strained cyclic olefins such as norbornene. Since Re{triple bond}CR{double prime} and M{double bond}NR{double prime} (M = Mo or W) can be regarded as isoelectronic units, plausible candidates as olefin metathesis catalysts are complexes of the type Re(CHR{prime})(CR{double prime})(OR){sub 2}. The authors report here that such a complex in which OR = OCMe(CF{sub 3}){sub 2} is a well-behaved olefin metathesis catalyst.
ISSN:0002-7863
1520-5126
DOI:10.1021/ja00162a071