1-(1-ADAMANTYL)-3-(2,4,6-TRIMETHYLPHENYL)-4,5-DIHYDROIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

263-280 °C

storage temp. 

under inert gas (nitrogen or Argon) at 2-8°C

form 

solid

InChI

1S/C22H31N2.ClH/c1-15-6-16(2)21(17(3)7-15)23-4-5-24(14-23)22-11-18-8-19(12-22)10-20(9-18)13-22;/h6-7,14,18-20H,4-5,8-13H2,1-3H3;1H/q+1;/p-1/t18-,19+,20-,22-;

InChIKey

MJOMRTQWLPXDJQ-ZFCGJYDVSA-M

SMILES

[Cl-].Cc1cc(C)c(N2CC[N+](=C2)C34CC5CC(CC(C5)C3)C4)c(C)c1

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26

WGK Germany 

3

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2
Skin Irrit. 2
STOT SE 3

1-(1-ADAMANTYL)-3-(2,4,6-TRIMETHYLPHENYL)-4,5-DIHYDROIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE Usage And Synthesis

Uses

Reactant for:

• Preparation of chelated ruthenium alkoxybenzylidene imidazolidene carbene pivalate catalysts for Z-selective olefin metathesis
• Use in ring-opening metathesis polymerization and ring-closing metathesis reactions via Grubbs catalyst mediated reactions
• Preparation of adamantyl-substituted N-heterocyclic carbene ligands in second-generation Grubbs-type iridium metathesis catalysis

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
reaction type: Ring-Opening Polymerization