The effect of silica-coating on catalyst recyclability in ionic magnetic nanoparticle-supported Grubbs-Hoveyda catalysts for ring-closing metathesis

Shu Wei Chen, Zhi Cheng Zhang, Ning Ning Zhai, Chong Min Zhong, Sang Gi Lee

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Abstract

The Grubbs-Hoveyda type ruthenium-carbene complexes have been covalently immobilized on both silica coated and uncoated magnetic nanoparticles utilizing an imidazolium salt linker. These MNP-supported catalysts showed comparable catalytic activity to the homogeneous imidazolium salt-tagged ruthenium catalyst in the ring-closing metathesis (RCM) of dienes, and could effectively catalyze RCM reactions in the presence of only 0.85 mol % Ru. The MNP-supported ruthenium catalysts could be easily recovered using an external magnet. The recyclability of the silica-coated MNP-supported catalysts was superior to silica uncoated MNP-supported catalysts allowing reuse 14 times, due to the increased compatibility of the silica-coated MNPs with the reaction medium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)648-653
Number of pages6
JournalTetrahedron
Volume71
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jan 2015

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Keywords

  • Immobilization
  • Ionic materials
  • Magnetic nanoparticles
  • Metathesis
  • Ruthenium

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