@article{b4742f43e3d945a6922dd41b9736c9fd,
title = "Cyclooctane metathesis catalyzed by silica-supported tungsten pentamethyl [(ΞSiO)W(Me)5]: Distribution of macrocyclic alkanes",
abstract = "Metathesis of cyclic alkanes catalyzed by the new surface complex [(ΞSiO)W(Me)5] affords a wide distribution of cyclic and macrocyclic alkanes. The major products with the formula CnH2n are the result of either a ring contraction or ring expansion of cyclooctane leading to lower unsubstituted cyclic alkanes (5≤n≤7) and to an unprecedented distribution of unsubstituted macrocyclic alkanes (12≤n≤40), respectively, identified by GC/MS and by NMR spectroscopies.",
author = "Nassima Riache and Emmanuel Callens and Manoja Samantaray and Kharbatia, {Najeh M.} and Muhammad Atiqullah and Jean-Marie Basset",
note = "KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01 Acknowledgements: The authors thank Dr. Raju Dey for his contribution for the synthesis of the silica-supported W catalyst. We are also grateful to Dr. Geert Van Biesen (CREAIT, from University Newfoundland, Canada) for his help for the isolation of the two cyclic alkanes (cC17 and cC21). This work was supported by funds from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.",
year = "2014",
month = oct,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1002/chem.201403704",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "20",
pages = "15089--15094",
journal = "Chemistry - A European Journal",
issn = "0947-6539",
publisher = "Wiley-VCH Verlag",
number = "46",
}