PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND X-RAY STRUCTURE OF THE 1 1-COMPLEXOF O-ACETYLSTYRENE AND CARBONYLBIS(TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE)RUTHENIUM - A NEW CATALYST FOR THE COPOLYMERIZATION OF ACETOPHENONE AND 1,3-DIVINYLTETRAMETHYLDISILOXANE/
P. Lu et al., PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND X-RAY STRUCTURE OF THE 1 1-COMPLEXOF O-ACETYLSTYRENE AND CARBONYLBIS(TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE)RUTHENIUM - A NEW CATALYST FOR THE COPOLYMERIZATION OF ACETOPHENONE AND 1,3-DIVINYLTETRAMETHYLDISILOXANE/, Organometallics, 17(4), 1998, pp. 584-588
Treatment of dihydridocarbonyltris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium with a
stoichiometric amount of styrene, followed by addition of o-acetylsty
rene leads to a 1:1 complex of o-acetylstyrene and carbonylbis(triphen
ylphosphine)ruthenium. This species has been fully characterized and i
ts structure determined by X-ray crystallography. This 1:1 complex is
able to-catalyze the copolymerization of acetophenone and 1,3-divinylt
etramethyldisiloxane.