Organic Chemistry Portal

Abstracts

Search:

PQS: A New Platform for Micellar Catalysis. RCM Reactions in Water, with Catalyst Recycling

Bruce H. Lipshutz* and Subir Ghorai

*Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, Email: lipshutzchem.ucsb.edu

B. H. Lipshutz, S. Ghorai, Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 705-708.

DOI: 10.1021/ol8027829


Abstract

A surfactant containing a covalently bound ruthenium catalyst dissolves freely in water, forming nanomicelles in which ring-closing metathesis reactions on water-insoluble dienic substrates can occur in pure water at room temperature. It can also be recycled continuously without reaction workup.

see article for more examples



Key Words

Ring Closing Metathesis


ID: J54-Y2009-0410