A Well-Defined Silica-Supported Tungsten Oxo Alkylidene Is a Highly Active Alkene Metathesis Catalyst

Matthew P. Conley, Victor Mougel, Dmitry V. Peryshkov, William P. Forrest, David Gajan, Anne Lesage, Lyndon Emsley, Christophe Copéret, Richard R. Schrock

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 90 citations · 10 references

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Grafting (ArO)2W(═O)(═CHtBu) (ArO = 2,6-mesitylphenoxide) on partially dehydroxylated silica forms mostly [(≡SiO)W(═O)(═CHtBu)(OAr)] along with minor amounts of [(≡SiO)W(═O)(CH2tBu)(OAr)2] (20%), both fully characterized by elemental analysis and IR and NMR spectroscopies. The well-defined oxo alkylidene surface complex [(≡SiO)W(═O)(═CHtBu)OAr] is among the most active heterogeneous metathesis catalysts reported to date in the self-metathesis of cis-4-nonene and ethyl oleate, in sharp contrast to the classical heterogeneous catalysts based on WO3/SiO2.

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