We have prepared new Mo(NR)(CHCMe2Ph)(diolate) complexes (R = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3, 2,6-Me2C6H3, 1-Adamantyl, or 2-CF3C6H4) that contain relatively electron-withdrawing binaphtholate (3,3′-bis-(9-anthracenyl), 3,3′-bispentafluorophenyl, or 3,3′-bis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl) or biphenolate (3,3′-di-tert-butyl-5,5′-bistrifluoromethyl-6,6′-dimethyl-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diolate) ligands. We also have prepared new monomeric Mo(NR)(CHCMe2Ph)(2,5-dimethylpyrrolide)2 complexes and have treated them with biphenols or binaphthols in order to prepare several Mo(NR)(CHCMe2Ph)(diolate) species. In one case the new Mo(NR)(CHCMe2Ph)(diolate) complexes could be prepared only through reaction of a binaphthol [3,3′-bis(pentafluorophenyl)binaphthol] with a bis(2,5-dimethylpyrrolide) complex. The pyrrolide approach can be employed either to isolate catalysts on a preparative scale or to generate catalysts in situ. Several simple preliminary ring-closing metathesis reactions show that the new complexes are catalytically competent.
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