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Grubbs Catalyst® C859

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Synonym(s):
Dichloro[1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-2-imidazolidinylidene][(tricyclohexylphosphoranyl)methylidene]ruthenium(II) tetrafluoroborate, Piers second generation metathesis catalyst, [SIMes]dichloro[(tricyclohexylphosphoranyl)methylidene]Ru tetrafluoroborate
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C40H60BCl2F4N2PRu
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
858.67
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

Assay

95%

form

solid

reaction suitability

core: ruthenium
reagent type: catalyst
reaction type: Ring-Opening Polymerization

mp

176 °C (dec.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

F[B-](F)(F)F.Cc1cc(C)c(N2CCN(c3c(C)cc(C)cc3C)C2=[Ru](Cl)(Cl)=C[P+](C4CCCCC4)(C5CCCCC5)C6CCCCC6)c(C)c1

InChI

1S/C21H26N2.C19H34P.BF4.2ClH.Ru/c1-14-9-16(3)20(17(4)10-14)22-7-8-23(13-22)21-18(5)11-15(2)12-19(21)6;1-20(17-11-5-2-6-12-17,18-13-7-3-8-14-18)19-15-9-4-10-16-19;2-1(3,4)5;;;/h9-12H,7-8H2,1-6H3;1,17-19H,2-16H2;;2*1H;/q;+1;-1;;;+2/p-2

InChI key

KMTPXIJXNIAPCS-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Application

Active as low as -50 °C, which enables direct observation of reaction intermediates.

Legal Information

Grubbs Catalyst is a registered trademark of Umicore AG & Co. KG

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Rapidly initiating ruthenium olefin-metathesis catalysts.
Romero PE, et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 43(45), 6161-6165 (2004)
Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of processes relevant to initiation of olefin metathesis by ruthenium phosphonium alkylidene catalysts.
Leitao EM, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(8), 2784-2794 (2010)

Articles

Alkyne metathesis has been a useful tool for C–C bond formation since the discovery of structurally well-defined metal alkylidynes by Schrock and coworkers.

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