Isolation of  trans -2,5-Bis(methoxycarbonyl)ruthenacyclopentane by Oxidative Coupling of Methyl Acrylate on Ruthenium(0) as an Active Intermediate for Tail-to-Tail Selective Catalytic Dimerization

Hirano, Masafumi; Sakate, Yumiko; Komine, Nobuyuki; Komiya, Sanshiro; Bennett, Martin

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Isolation of trans -2,5-Bis(methoxycarbonyl)ruthenacyclopentane by Oxidative Coupling of Methyl Acrylate on Ruthenium(0) as an Active Intermediate for Tail-to-Tail Selective Catalytic Dimerization

Date

2009

Authors

Hirano, Masafumi

Sakate, Yumiko

Komine, Nobuyuki

Komiya, Sanshiro

Bennett, Martin

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

The trans-bis(methoxycarbonyl)ruthenacyclopentane complex [trans-Ru{C 2H{C(O1)OMe}C3H2C4H 2C5H{C(O2)OMe}-K1C 2,K1O1,K1C5,μ-K 1O2}(η4-1,5-COD)]2 (2) and the acetonitrile adduct Ru[C2H(CO2Me)CH2CH 2CH(CO2Me)-K1 C2,K1 C5](η4-1,5-COD)(NCMe)2 (3) have been