A mechanistic understanding of catalytic organic reactions is crucial for the design of new
catalysts, modes of reactivity and the development of greener and more sustainable …

Several new C–H-activated ruthenium catalysts for Z-selective olefin metathesis have been
synthesized. Both the carboxylate ligand and the aryl group of the N-heterocyclic carbene …

Mobility of reactants and nearby solvent is more rapid than Brownian diffusion during
several common chemical reactions when the energy release rate exceeds a threshold …

There have been numerous significant advances in catalytic olefin metathesis (OM) during
the past two decades. Such progress has transformed this important set of reactions to …

While the fundamental series of [2+ 2] cycloadditions and retro [2+ 2] cycloadditions that
make up the pathways of ruthenium-catalysed metathesis reactions is well-established, the …

Water is ubiquitous in olefin metathesis, at levels ranging from contaminant to cosolvent. It is
also non-benign. Water-promoted catalyst decomposition competes with metathesis, even …

The correlation between rapid initiation and rapid decomposition in olefin metathesis is
probed for a series of fast-initiating, phosphine-free Ru catalysts: the Hoveyda catalyst HII …

The cross-metathesis of terminal olefins using a novel ruthenium catalyst results in excellent
selectivity for the Z-olefin homodimer. The reaction was found to tolerate a large number of …

Grubbs–Hoveyda-type complexes with variable 4-R (complexes 1: 4-R= NEt2, O i Pr, H, F,
NO2) and 5-R substituents (complexes 2: 5-R= NEt2, O i Pr, Me, F, NO2) at the 2-isopropoxy …

The initiation mechanism of ruthenium methylidene complexes was studied detailing
mechanistic insights of all involved reaction steps within a classical olefin metathesis …