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J Am Chem Soc
; 126(44): 14332-3, 2004 Nov 10.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15521734
RESUMO
Ruthenacyclobutane decomposition, involving competitive beta-hydride transfer to Ru and reductive olefin elimination during ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis, is predicted by density functional theory calculations and experimentally confirmed by propene and butene formation during degenerate Ru-methylidene-catalyzed metathesis of ethylene. The results provide new focus on the nature of ruthenium metathesis catalyst decomposition under catalytic conditions.