Ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts bearing a polar quaternary ammonium group in N-heterocyclic ligand were immobilized on silica and siliceous mesoporous molecular sieves with different pore sizes (SBA-15 and MCM-41). The activity of the heterogeneous catalysts was found to increase with an increase in pore size of the support used, with the best results observed for SBA-15-supported catalyst. The influence of reaction conditions (temperature, solvent, catalyst, and substrate concentration) on the efficiency of new heterogeneous catalysts was established. A significant influence of the counterion present in the ruthenium complex on the activity of immobilized catalysts was also found: those derived from chloride containing ion exhibited the highest activity. High activity in ring-closing metathesis of substrates as citronellene, 1,7-octadiene, and diallyl compounds as well as in cross-metathesis of unsaturated aliphatic compounds with methyl acrylate was observed under optimized conditions. In some cases, heterogenization led to catalysts with efficiency higher than those observed for corresponding homogeneous complexes.
A tube-in-tube reactor was successfully applied in homo- and heterogeneous olefin metathesis reactions under continuous flow mode. It was shown that the efficient removal of ethylene facilitated by connection of the reactor with a vacuum pump significantly improves the outcome of metathesis reactions. The beneficial aspects of this approach are most apparent in reactions performed at low concentration, such as macrocyclization reactions. The established system allows achievement of both improved yield and selectivity, and is ideal for industrial applications.
The ammonium tagged Hoveyda-type catalyst bearing sterically enlarged N-heterocyclic carbene ligand was synthesized and supported on SBA-15. The obtained heterogeneous olefin metathesis catalyst forms unprecedentedly stable Ru-methylidenes and provides products of ring-closing and cross metathesis with turnover numbers (TONs) up to 35 000 and turnover frequencies (TOFs) up to 1590 min −1 . The catalyst proved to be truly recyclable and effective in a continuous flow mode.
SummaryAn ammonium-tagged ruthenium complex, 8, was deposited on several widely available commercial solid materials such as silica gel, alumina, cotton, filter paper, iron powder or palladium on carbon. The resulting catalysts were tested in toluene or ethyl acetate, and found to afford metathesis products in high yield and with extremely low ruthenium contamination. Depending on the support used, immobilised catalyst 8 shows also additional traits, such as the possibility of being magnetically separated or the use for metathesis and subsequent reduction of the obtained double bond in one pot.
Analogues
of the well-known Hoveyda–Grubbs catalyst bearing
both a chelating ester function and a chelating nitrogen atom were
obtained. These complexes behave differently depending on the character
of the chelating amine. Complexes containing a secondary amine underwent
unexpected spontaneous oxidation of the amine group, leading to the
Schiff base analogues. In contrast, complexes containing a tertiary
amine were prone to intramolecular cyclization in the presence of
a base (Et3N). Probing the activity of such (pre)catalysts
in ring-closing metathesis reactions (RCMs) revealed their dormant
character and excellent thermo-switchability. In particular, complexes
bearing an iminium nitrogen fragment were found to be very useful
in a delayed ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and were
therefore commercialized.
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