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Chem. Commun., 2000, 2261 - 2262, DOI: 10.1039/b007405p


Olefin metatheses in metal coordination spheres: novel trans-spanning bidentate and facially-spanning tridentate macrocyclic phosphine complexes

Eike B. Bauer, Johannes Ruwwe, Frank A. Hampel, Slawomir Szafert, J. A. Gladysz, José Miguel Martín-Alvarez, Thomas B. Peters, James C. Bohling and Tadeusz Lis


The title reaction is applied to square-planar rhodium and platinum complexes with trans PPh2(CH2)6CHCH2 ligands, and square-planar platinum or octahedral tungsten complexes with trans or facial PPh[(CH2)6CHCH2]2 ligands. Ring-closing (poly)macrocyclizations occur.