Issue 8, 2011

On the ethenolysis of natural rubber and squalene

Abstract

We report here the ethenolysis of squalene and natural rubber utilizing (NHC)(NHCewg)RuCl2(= CRR’) and Grubbs–Hoveyda complexes. 0.01 mol% [Ru] per double bond are sufficient for extensive squalene cleavage, resulting in the formation of numerous terminal olefins, which were identified by GC/MS. The depolymerization of natural rubber requires 0.1 mol% [Ru] and leads to the formation of various oligomeric isoprenes, several of which (n = 2–6) were isolated and characterized.

Graphical abstract: On the ethenolysis of natural rubber and squalene

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Mar 2011
Accepted
13 May 2011
First published
28 Jun 2011

Green Chem., 2011,13, 2008-2012

On the ethenolysis of natural rubber and squalene

S. Wolf and H. Plenio, Green Chem., 2011, 13, 2008 DOI: 10.1039/C1GC15265C

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