Patent ID: 7622590

Claim:
A catalytic complex of the formula: wherein M is Os or Ru; R and R 1 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 2 -C 20 alkenyl, C 2 -C 20 alkynyl, C 2 -C 20 alkoxycarbonyl, aryl, C 1 -C 20 carboxylate, C 1 -C 20 alkoxy, C 2 -C 20 alkenyloxy, C 2 -C 20 alkynyloxy, aryloxy, C 1 -C 20 alkylthio, C 1 -C 20 alkylsulfonyl, and C 1 -C 20 alkylsulfinyl, each R and R 1 optionally being substituted with C 1 -C 5 alkyl, halogen, C 1 -C 10 alkoxy, or with a phenyl group substituted with halogen, C 1 -C 5 alkyl or C 1 -C 5 alkoxy, or with a functional group; X and X 1 are independently selected from the group consisting of anionic ligands; L is selected from the group consisting of phosphine, sulfonated phosphine, phosphite, phosphinite, phosphonite, ether, amine, amide, sulfoxide, carbonyl, nitrosyl, pyridine and thioether; and L 1 is a nucleophilic carbene.