Grafting mechanism and olefin metathesis activity of well-defined silica-supported Mo imido alkyl alkylidene complexes

Frédéric Blanc, Alain Salameh, Jean Thivolle-Cazat, Jean Marie Basset, Christophe Copéret*, Amritanshu Sinha, Richard R. Schrock

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Abstract

Grafting of [Mo(NAr)({double bond, long}CHCMe2R)(CH2tBu)2], 1-R (R = Me or Ph) on the surface silanols of SiO2-(700) gives 2-R through the electrophilic cleavage of the Mo-C σ-bond according to labelling (GC/MS and solid-state NMR) and reactivity studies (monitoring initiation). Similarly, molecular silanol derivatives react with 1-Ph also to give directly the monosiloxy derivatives. Therefore, surface or molecular silanols have reactivities similar to alcohols and phenols having pKa ≥ 9. Finally, the surface complex 2-R (R = Me or Ph) is a highly efficient olefin metathesis catalyst.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)137-146
Number of pages10
JournalComptes Rendus Chimie
Volume11
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2008
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
F.B. is grateful to the French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (MENRT) for a graduate fellowship. A.S. thanks BASF AG for a graduate student fellowship. The authors thank N. Legagneux, A. Puissegur and L. Weinberg (CPE project students) for their participation in part of this work. We are indebted to the CNRS, ANR (ANR JC05_46372), ESCPE Lyon and the National Science Foundation for financial supports.

Keywords

  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Mo imido alkylidene
  • Olefin metathesis
  • Silica
  • Surface organometallic chemistry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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