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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 43, Issue 22, Pages 8493-8498Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00464g
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- EPSRC [EP/G013020/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/G013020/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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A DFT investigation into the mechanism for the decomposition of Grubbs 2nd generation pre-catalyst (2) in the presence of methanol, is presented. Gibbs free energy profiles for decomposition of the pre-catalyst (2) via two possible mechanisms were computed. We predict that decomposition following tricyclo-hexylphosphane dissociation is most favoured compared to direct decomposition of the pre-catalyst (2). However, depending on the reaction conditions, an on-pathway mechanism may be competitive with ruthenium hydride formation.
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