研究実績の概要 |
At the onset of this project, manganese (Mn) catalyst was designed based on known ruthenium-carbene catalysts. Thus, several Mn(I) complexes and a Mn(I) carbene complex were prepared, however none of these complexes were active towards olefin metathesis reaction. Next, Mn complexes were designed based on iron olefin metathesis catalysts developed by Takebayashi et al.. This strategy enabled us to discover the first manganese catalyzed olefin metathesis reactions. ICP-MS analysis of trace transition metal impurities in the manganese complex further confirmed that this reaction is truly catalyzed by the manganese complex. Mechanistic investigation as well as a scope of the Mn catalysis is being carried out in my laboratory.
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