Issue 24, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Solvents for ring-closing metathesis reactions†

Claire S. Adjiman,*a   Adam J. Clarke,b   Gregory Cooperb  and  Paul C. Taylor*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
E-mail: c.adjiman@imperial.ac.uk

b Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
E-mail: p.c.taylor@warwick.ac.uk

Abstract

A study of the influence of eight diverse solvents on a Grubbs II-catalysed ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction reveals a complex dependence of the different reaction steps on the solvent and suggests acetic acid as a useful solvent for RCM reactions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B802921K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Feb 2008
Accepted
02 Apr 2008
First published
28 Apr 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 2806-2808

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Solvents for ring-closing metathesis reactions

C. S. Adjiman, A. J. Clarke, G. Cooper and P. C. Taylor, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2806 DOI: 10.1039/B802921K

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