Patent ID: 7723255
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: B01J,C07B,C07C,C07D,C07F,C08F,C08G,C08L,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A transition metal catalyst comprising: a substrate having at least one functional group; a transition metal having at least one substituent that reacts with at least one functional group on the substrate to chemically bond the transition metal to the substrate, wherein the transition metal catalyst has the following structure: M comprises a transition metal; R comprises an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aryloxy, alkoxy carbonyl, alkylamino, alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl; each optionally substituted with an alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, aryl or heteroaryl moiety; R a, b, c, and d each comprise H, a halogen atom or an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamino, alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl; alkylsulfinyl; each optionally substituted with an alkyl, halogen, aryl or heteroaryl moiety; X is oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen or phosrhorus; and Y comprises an electron-donating heterocyclic carbene ligand.