1.1: sodium iodide / acetone / 24 h / 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 2.1: tert.-butyl lithium / diethyl ether; pentane / 1 h / -78 - 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 2.2: 1 h / -78 - 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 3.1: tetrapropylammonium perruthennate; 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide / dichloromethane / 1 h / 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 4.1: [2-(1-methylethoxy-κO)phenylmethyl-κC](nitrato-κO,κO′){rel-(2R,5R,7S)-tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane-2,1-diyl[3-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-1-imidazolidinyl-2-ylidene]}ruthenium / 1,2-dichloro-ethane / 8 h / 60 °C / 0.02 Torr / |Glovebox; |Inert atmosphere View Scheme

lithium bromide in tetrahydrofuran Heating;

1.1: sodium iodide / acetone / 24 h / 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 2.1: tert.-butyl lithium / diethyl ether; pentane / 1 h / -78 - 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 2.2: 1 h / -78 - 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 3.1: benzylidene-bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)dichlororuthenium / dichloromethane / 6 h / |Reflux; |Inert atmosphere View Scheme

1.1: sodium iodide / acetone / 24 h / 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 2.1: tert.-butyl lithium / diethyl ether; pentane / 1 h / -78 - 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 2.2: 1 h / -78 - 20 °C / |Inert atmosphere 3.1: [2-(1-methylethoxy-κO)phenylmethyl-κC](nitrato-κO,κO′){rel-(2R,5R,7S)-tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane-2,1-diyl[3-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-1-imidazolidinyl-2-ylidene]}ruthenium / 1,2-dichloro-ethane / 24 h / 60 °C / 0.02 Torr / |Glovebox; |Inert atmosphere View Scheme