Scheme II

Scheme II

Synthesis of imidazolin-2-ylidene ruthenium complexes 18 and 19 by reaction of the diphosphane ruthenium indenylidene complex with bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene and bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolin-2-ylidene, respectively