(3aS,4R,5R,6S,7aR)-4,5-Di-bromo-2-[4-(tri-fluoro-meth-yl)phen-yl]-2,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octa-hydro-3a,6-ep-oxy-1H-isoindol-1-one: crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C15H12Br2F3NO2, consists of two crystallographically independent mol-ecules. In both mol-ecules, the pyrrolidine and tetra-hydro-furan rings adopt an envelope conformation. In the crystal, mol-ecule pairs generate centrosymmetric rings with R 2 2(8) motifs linked by C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. These pairs of mol-ecules form a tetra-meric supra-molecular motif, leading to mol-ecular layers parallel to the (100) plane by C-H⋯π and C-Br⋯π inter-actions. Inter-layer van der Waals and inter-halogen inter-actions stabilize mol-ecular packing. The F atoms of the CF3 groups of both mol-ecules are disordered over two sets of sites with refined site occupancies of 0.60 (3)/0.40 (3) and 0.640 (15)/0.360 (15). The most important contributions to the surface contacts of both mol-ecules are from H⋯H (23.8 and 22.4%), Br⋯H/H⋯Br (18.3 and 12.3%), O⋯H/H⋯O (14.3 and 9.7%) and F⋯H/H⋯F (10.4 and 19.1%) inter-actions, as concluded from a Hirshfeld surface analysis.

Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of dimethyl (1R*,3aS*,3a1 R*,6aS*,9R*,9aS*)-3a1,5,6,9a-tetra-hydro-1H,4H,9H-1,3a:6a,9-di-epoxy-phenalene-2,3-di-carboxyl-ate.

The title di-epoxy-phenalene derivative, C17H18O6, comprises a fused cyclic system containing four five-membered rings (two di-hydro-furan and two tetra-hydro-furan) and one six-membered ring (cyclo-hexa-ne). The five-membered di-hydro-furan and tetra-hydro-furan rings adopt envelope conformations, and the six-membered cyclo-hexane ring adopts a distorted chair conformation. Two methyl carboxyl-ate groups occupy adjacent positions (2- and 3-) on a tetra-hydro-furan ring. In the crystal, two pairs of C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules to form inversion dimers, enclosing two R 2 2(6) ring motifs, that stack along the a-axis direction and are arranged in layers parallel to the bc plane.

Hoveyda-Grubbs catalysts with an N→Ru coordinate bond in a six-membered ring. Synthesis of stable, industrially scalable, highly efficient ruthenium metathesis catalysts and 2-vinylbenzylamine ligands as their precursors.

A novel and efficient approach to the synthesis of 2-vinylbenzylamines is reported. This involves obtaining 2-vinylbenzylamine ligands from tetrahydroisoquinoline by alkylation and reduction followed by the Hofmann cleavage. The resultant 2-vinylbenzylamines allowed us to obtain new Hoveyda-Grubbs catalysts, which were thoroughly characterised by NMR, ESIMS, and X-ray crystallography. The utility of this chemistry is further demonstrated by the tests of the novel catalysts (up to 10-2 mol %) in different metathesis reactions such as cross metathesis (CM), ring-closing metathesis (RCM) and ring-opening cross metathesis (ROCM).

Crystal structure of [1,3-bis-(2,4,6-tri-methyl-phen-yl)imidazolidin-2-yl-idene]di-chlorido-{2-[1-(di-methyl-amino)-eth-yl]benzyl-idene}ruthenium including an unknown solvate.

The title compound, [RuCl2(C21H26N2)(C11H15N)], is an example of a new generation of N,N-dialkyl metallocomplex ruthenium catalysts with an N→Ru coordination bond as part of a six-membered chelate ring. The Ru atom has an Addison τ parameter of 0.234, which indicates a geometry inter-mediate between square-based pyramidal and trigonal-bipyramidal. The complex shows the usual trans arrangement of the two chloride ligands, with Ru-Cl bond lengths of 2.3397 (8) and 2.3476 (8) Å, and a Cl-Ru- Cl angle of 157.47 (3)°. The crystal structure features C-H⋯Cl, C-H⋯π and π-π stacking inter-actions. The solvent mol-ecules were found to be highly disordered and their contribution to the scattering was removed with the SQUEEZE procedure in PLATON [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9-18], which indicated a solvent cavity of volume 1096 Å3 containing approximately 419 electrons. These solvent mol-ecules are not considered in the given chemical formula and other crystal data.