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707988

Grubbs Catalyst® C859

95%

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

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C40H60BCl2F4N2PRu
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
858.67
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
MDL number:
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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

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 key

KMTPXIJXNIAPCS-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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

Quality Level

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

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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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)

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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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