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SUBMITTER: Herbert MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3375820 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Herbert Myles B MB Lan Yu Y Keitz Benjamin K BK Liu Peng P Endo Koji K Day Michael W MW Houk K N KN Grubbs Robert H RH
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20120426 18
The decomposition of a Z-selective ruthenium metathesis catalyst and structurally similar analogues has been investigated utilizing X-ray crystallography and density functional theory. Isolated X-ray crystal structures suggest that recently reported C-H activated catalysts undergo decomposition via insertion of the alkylidene moiety into the chelating ruthenium-carbon bond followed by hydride elimination, which is supported by theoretical calculations. The resulting ruthenium hydride intermediat ...[more]