Ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts bearing a polar quaternary ammonium group in N-heterocyclic ligand were immobilized on silica and siliceous mesoporous molecular sieves with different pore sizes (SBA-15 and MCM-41). The activity of the heterogeneous catalysts was found to increase with an increase in pore size of the support used, with the best results observed for SBA-15-supported catalyst. The influence of reaction conditions (temperature, solvent, catalyst, and substrate concentration) on the efficiency of new heterogeneous catalysts was established. A significant influence of the counterion present in the ruthenium complex on the activity of immobilized catalysts was also found: those derived from chloride containing ion exhibited the highest activity. High activity in ring-closing metathesis of substrates as citronellene, 1,7-octadiene, and diallyl compounds as well as in cross-metathesis of unsaturated aliphatic compounds with methyl acrylate was observed under optimized conditions. In some cases, heterogenization led to catalysts with efficiency higher than those observed for corresponding homogeneous complexes.

The ammonium tagged Hoveyda-type catalyst bearing sterically enlarged N-heterocyclic carbene ligand was synthesized and supported on SBA-15. The obtained heterogeneous olefin metathesis catalyst forms unprecedentedly stable Ru-methylidenes and provides products of ring-closing and cross metathesis with turnover numbers (TONs) up to 35 000 and turnover frequencies (TOFs) up to 1590 min −1 . The catalyst proved to be truly recyclable and effective in a continuous flow mode.

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A Hoveyda-type catalyst decorated with two quaternary ammonium tags was synthesized and noncovalently grafted on SiO2, SBA-15, and on carboxyl graphene. A comparative study showed that the efficiency of the dual-anchored heterogeneous catalysts was highly dependent on the properties of the supporting material with graphene outperforming silicate supports. The graphene-immobilized complex exhibited excellent efficiency reflected in turnover numbers obtained in ring-closing metathesis and in self-metathesis of 1-decene. Importantly, the solid-supported catalyst assured increased recyclability with no ruthenium leaching as confirmed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

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