Efficient Method with Less Caustic Reagents to Synthesize Schrock Catalysts
Tech ID: 33717 / UC Case 2024-761-0
Background
Schrock catalysts are highly efficient catalysts used in olefin metathesis reactions. They are commonly used in industrial applications like the production of pharmaceuticals, biofuels, petrochemicals, and polymers. However, Schrock catalysts are difficult to generate and regenerate, limiting cost effectiveness in industrial processes.
Brief Description
Professors Richard Schrock, Matthew Conley, and colleagues from the University of California, Riverside have developed new Schrock catalysts in the form of tungsten cyclohexylidenes that can be produced in as few as three synthetic steps, using inexpensive and non-corrosive reagents. This technology forms metathesis-relevant alkylidenes from an olefin through a novel thermal mechanism that avoids a protonation/deprotonation mechanism. This technology is advantageous because it can enable a cost-effective access to metathesis active Schrock catalysts for industrial and research applications.
Applications
- A potential cost-effective approach to produce cyclohexylidene metathesis catalysts for industrial and research applications.
- For use in various industries including agrochemical, renewables, pharmaceutical, flavors and fragrances, polymers, and advanced materials.
Patent Status
Patent Pending
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Contact
- Grace Yee
- grace.yee@ucr.edu
- tel: View Phone Number.
Other Information
Keywords
Schrock catalysts, metathesis, olefin, catalysts
