The Janus face of high trans-effect carbenes in olefin metathesis: gateway to both productivity and decomposition

• DOI: 10.1039/d2sc00855f
• Publication Date: 2022-03-22T11:01:41Z
• Authors: Giovanni Occhipinti; Daniel L. Nascimento; Marco Foscato; Deryn E. Fogg; Vidar R. Jensen
• Keywords: Chemistry; 0211 other engineering and technologies; 02 engineering and technology; 540; 620

In ruthenium catalysts for olefin metathesis, carbene ligands of high trans influence/effect suppress decompositionviaβ-H elimination, but increase susceptibility to bimolecular decomposition.