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Efficient electronic communication of two ruthenium centers through a rigid ditopic N-heterocyclic carbene linker

Nussbaum, Michael ; Schuster, Oliver ; Albrecht, Martin

In: Chemistry – A European Journal, 2013, vol. 19, no. 51, p. 17517–17527

A ditopic benzobis(carbene) ligand precursor was prepared that contained a chelating pyridyl moiety to ensure co-planarity of the carbene ligand and the coordination plane of a bound octahedral metal center. Bimetallic ruthenium complexes comprising this ditopic ligand [L₄Ru-C,N-bbi-C,N-RuL₄] were obtained by a transmetalation methodology...

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Synthesis of an unsymmetrically substituted, dithienylethene-containing 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and its ruthenium(ii) complex

Kühni, Joël ; Adamo, Vincent ; Belser, Peter

In: Synthesis, 2006, vol. 12, p. 1946-1948

The synthesis of an unsymmetrically substituted 1,10-phenanthroline ligand and its corresponding ruthenium(II) complex is reported. Suzuki coupling has been employed under different conditions to get the target ligand.

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Tandem ring‐opening–ring‐closing metathesis for functional metathesis catalysts

Nagarkar, Amit A. ; Yasir, Mohammad ; Crochet, Aurélien ; Fromm, Katharina M. ; Kilbinger, Andreas F. M.

In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, vol. 55, no. 40, p. 12343–12346

Use of a tandem ring-opening–ring-closing metathesis (RORCM) strategy for the synthesis of functional metathesis catalysts is reported. Ring opening of 7-substituted norbornenes and subsequent ring-closing metathesis forming a thermodynamically stable 6-membered ring lead to a very efficient synthesis of new catalysts from commercially available Grubbs’ catalysts. Hydroxy functionalized...