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DOI: 10.1039/A703097E (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 1733-1734

The first double oxidative addition of CH2Cl2 to a metal complex: facile synthesis of [Ru(CH2)Cl2{P(C6H11) 3}2]

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Montserrat Oliván and Kenneth G. Caulton

Abstract

[Ru(H)2(H2)2L2] [L = P(C6H11)3] serves as a formal source of zerovalent ‘RuL2’, and undergoes unprecedented oxidative addition of both C–Cl bonds of CH2Cl2 to a single metal center, providing a convenient synthesis of the alkene metathesis catalyst [Ru(CH2)Cl2L2].

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