A recyclable chiral Ru catalyst for enantioselective olefin metathesis. Efficient catalytic asymmetric ring-opening/cross metathesis in air.
A recyclable chiral Ru catalyst for enantioselective olefin metathesis. Efficient catalytic asymmetric ring-opening/cross metathesis in air.
J. V. Van Veldhuizen,Steven B. Garber,J. S. Kingsbury,A. Hoveyda
2002 · DOI: 10.1021/JA020259C
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 287 Citations
TLDR
The synthesis and structure of a new chiral bidentate imidazolinylidene ligand and a derived chiral Ru-based carbene are disclosed and the chiral complex is highly effective in promoting enantioselective ring-opening/cross metathesis reactions.