Metathesis Catalyst Usable in Water Media (AquaMet)
AquaMet (A3009) is a Hoveyda-type ruthenium metathesis catalyst that is stable to air and moisture. Thanks to an internal quaternary ammonium group, it can be applied to metathesis reactions in water media, with D2O as the solvent in the examples shown in the brochure. Two example reactions are presented: intermolecular metathesis of a Z-olefin using 0.5 mol% catalyst in D2O for 1.1 h, and ring closing metathesis of a quaternary ammonium substrate using 2.5 mol% catalyst in D2O for 2.5 h.¹) In a TCI practical example, AquaMet catalyzes the formation of a cyclopentene ring from diethyl diallylmalonate in dichloromethane at room temperature for 6 h, giving diethyl cyclopent-3-ene-1,1-dicarboxylate in 98% yield after purification by silica-gel column chromatography.
Related products
- TCI A3009 1414707-08-6 AquaMet
- TCI N1060 502964-52-5 nitro-Grela
- TCI U0141 2055540-61-7 UltraCat (contains 5% Nitromethane at maximum)
- TCI U0116 2106819-64-9 UltraNitroCat
References
- K. Skowerski, G. Szczepaniak, C. Wierzbicka, Ł. Gułajski, M. Bieniek, K. Grela, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2424. doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CY20320K
Download TCI brochure Metathesis Catalyst Usable in Water Media AquaMet (PDF)
Source
- TCI Practical Example: www.tcichemicals.com/ID/en/product/tci-topics/TCIPracticalExample_20210524
- TCI product page A3009: tcichemicals.com/ID/en/p/A3009
- TCI brochure RR082: Metathesis Catalyst Usable in Water Media AquaMet
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