Abstract
AbstractTwo ruthenium hydride complexes commonly proposed as agents of unintended isomerization during olefin metathesis are examined for their activity in isomerization of estragole, a representative allylbenzene. Neither proves kinetically competent to account for the levels of isomerization observed during cross‐metathesis of estragole by the second‐generation Grubbs catalyst. A structure–activity analysis of selected ruthenium hydride complexes indicates that higher isomerization activity correlates with a more electrophilic metal center.
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