A new heterogeneous hybrid ruthenium catalyst being an eco-friendly option for the production of polymers and organic intermediates

Abstract

We succeeded in synthesising and characterising a new heterogeneous hybrid ruthenium catalyst that exhibits excellent stability, reusability and leaching characteristics. The host–guest interaction is studied by XRD, XRF, ICP/MS, BET, FT-Raman and solid state NMR analysis. Moreover, we tested this catalytic system in ring-closing metathesis (RCM), ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), Kharasch addition, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and vinylation reactions. The results obtained from these tests show that for ROMP, RCM, Kharasch addition and vinylation reactions the heterogeneous catalyst possesses important advantages in comparison with its homogeneous analogue.