Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.45, 18142-18144, 2011
Synthesis of Molybdenum Alkylidene Complexes That Contain the 2,6-Dimesitylphenylimido Ligand
Compounds that have the formula M(NR)(CHR')(OR '')(Pyrrolide), where OR '' is "large" relative to NR and M = Mo or W, have been shown to be Z-selective olefin metathesis catalysts. In this communication we report a new route to Mo complexes in which the relationship between NR and OR '' has been reversed; i.e., the imido ligand is the sterically demanding 2,6-dimesitylphenylimido ligand (NAr*).