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ChemInform Abstract: Novel Ruthenium(II)2 Carboxylates as Catalysts for Alkene Metathesis.

CHEMINFORM, Issue 12 2002
Wlodzimierz Buchowicz
Abstract ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a "Full Text" option. The original article is trackable via the "References" option. [source]

Highly Efficient Redox Isomerization of Allylic Alcohols at Ambient Temperature Catalyzed by Novel Ruthenium,Cyclopentadienyl Complexes,New Insight into the Mechanism

CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Issue 20 2005
Belén Martín-Matute Dr.
Abstract A range of ruthenium cyclopentadienyl (Cp) complexes have been prepared and used for isomerization of allylic alcohols to the corresponding saturated carbonyl compounds. Complexes bearing CO ligands show higher activity than those with PPh3 ligands. The isomerization rate is highly affected by the substituents on the Cp ring. Tetra(phenyl)methyl-substituted catalysts rapidly isomerize allylic alcohols under very mild reaction conditions (ambient temperature) with short reaction times. Substituted allylic alcohols have been isomerized by employing Ru,Cp complexes. A study of the isomerization catalyzed by [Ru(Ph5Cp)(CO)2H] (14) indicates that the isomerization catalyzed by ruthenium hydrides partly follows a different mechanism than that of ruthenium halides activated by KOtBu. Furthermore, the lack of ketone exchange when the isomerization was performed in the presence of an unsaturated ketone (1 equiv), different from that obtained by dehydrogenation of the starting allylic alcohol, supports a mechanism in which the isomerization takes place within the coordination sphere of the ruthenium catalyst. [source]

A spectroscopic study of the reaction of NAMI, a novel ruthenium(III)anti-neoplastic complex, with bovine serum albumin

FEBS JOURNAL, Issue 4 2000
Luigi Messori
The reaction of Na[transRuCl4Me2SO(Im)] (NAMI; where Im is imidazole), a novel anti-neoplastic ruthenium(III) complex, with BSA, was studied in detail by various physico-chemical techniques. It is shown that NAMI, following chloride hydrolysis, binds bovine serum albumin tightly; spectrophotometric and atomic absorption data point out that up to five ruthenium ions are bound per albumin molecule when BSA is incubated for 24 h with an eightfold excess of NAMI. CD and electronic absorption results show that the various ruthenium centers bound to albumin exhibit well distinct spectroscopic features. The first ruthenium equivalent produces a characteristic positive CD band at 415 nm whereas the following NAMI equivalents produce less specific and less marked spectral effects. At high NAMI/BSA molar ratios a broad negative CD band develops at 590 nm. Evidence is provided that the bound ruthenium centers remain in the oxidation state +3. By analogy with the case of transferrins it is proposed that the BSA-bound ruthenium ions are ligated to surface histidines of the protein; results from chemical modification experiments with diethylpyrocarbonate seem to favor this view. Spectral patterns similar to those shown by NAMI are observed when BSA is reacted with two strictly related ruthenium(III) complexes Na[transRuCl4(Me2SO)2] and H(Im)[transRuCl4(Im)2] (ICR), implying a similar mechanism of interaction in all cases. It is suggested that the described NAMI-BSA adducts may form in vivo and may be relevant for the biological properties of this complex; alternatively NAMI/BSA adducts may be tested as specific carriers of the ruthenium complex to cancer cells. Implications of these findings for the mechanism of action of NAMI and of related ruthenium(III) complexes are discussed. [source]

Novel Metathesis Catalysts Based on Ruthenium 1,3-Dimesityl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidenes: Synthesis, Structure, Immobilization, and Catalytic Activity

CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Issue 22 2004
Liangru Yang Dr.
Abstract The synthesis of novel ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts containing the saturated 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene ligand, that is, [RuCl2(NHC){CH-2-(2-PrO)-5-NO2 -C6H3}] (1) and [Ru(CF3COO)2(NHC){CH-2-(2-PrO)-5-NO2 -C6H3}] (2) (NHC=1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene) is described. Both catalysts are highly active in ring-closing metathesis (RCM) and ring-opening cross-metathesis (ROCM). Compound 1 shows moderate activity in enyne metathesis. Compound 2 is not applicable to enyne metathesis since it shows high activity in the cyclopolymerization of diethyl dipropargylmalonate (DEDPM). Poly(DEDPM) prepared by the action of 2 consists of 95,% five-membered rings, that is, poly(cyclopent-1-enevinylene)s, and 5,% of six-membered rings, that is, poly(cyclohex-1-ene-3-methylidene)s. The polymerization proceeds in a nonliving manner and results in polyenes with broad polydispersities (1.9,PDI,2.3). Supported analogues of 2 were prepared by immobilization on hydroxymethyl-Merrifield resin and a monolithic support derived from ring-opening-metathesis polymerization (ROMP). Catalyst loadings of 1 and 2.5,%, respectively, were obtained. Both supported versions of 2 showed excellent reactivity. With 0.24,2,% of the supported catalysts, yields in RCM and ROCM were in the range of 76,100,%. Leaching of ruthenium was low and resulted in Ru contaminations of the products of less than 0.000014,% (0.14 ppm). [source]