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Olefin Metathesis of a Ruthenium Carbene Complex by Electrospray Ionization in the Gas Phase

DOI

190

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0

References

1998

Year

Christian Hinderling, Christian Adlhart, Peter Chen
Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Abstract

Surprisingly similar reactions in the gas phase and in solution [Eq. (a)]: The ion 1 obtained by electrospray ionization behaves in the gas phase analogously to the corresponding complex [RuCl<sub>2</sub> (=CHPh)(PCy<sub>3</sub> )<sub>2</sub> ] in solution. Measured relative rates for ring-opening metathesis are interpreted under the assumption of an intramolecular π complex, which leads to an estimation of the equilibrium constant for π complexation.