Ruthenium-based heterocyclic carbene-coordinated olefin metathesis catalysts

GC Vougioukalakis, RH Grubbs - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
The fascinating story of olefin (or alkene) metathesis (eq 1) began almost five decades ago,
when Anderson and Merckling reported the first carbonrcarbon double-bond rearrangement …

Equilibrium ring-closing metathesis

S Monfette, DE Fogg - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Ring-closing metathesis (RCM) of dienes is one of the most important methodologies now in
use for the assembly of cyclic organic compounds. First employed by Villemin and by Tsuji …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of Metathesis, Volume 2: Applications in Organic Synthesis

RH Grubbs, DJ O'Leary - 2015 - books.google.com
The second edition of the" go-to" reference in this field is completely updated and features
more than 80% new content, with emphasis on new developments in the field, especially in …

Improved Ruthenium Catalysts for Z-Selective Olefin Metathesis

BK Keitz, K Endo, PR Patel, MB Herbert… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
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 …

Olefin metathesis: what have we learned about homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts from surface organometallic chemistry?

C Copéret, ZJ Berkson, KW Chan, J de Jesus Silva… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since its early days, olefin metathesis has been in the focus of scientific discussions and
technology development. While heterogeneous olefin metathesis catalysts based on …

New bonding modes of carbon and heavier group 14 atoms Si–Pb

G Frenking, R Tonner, S Klein, N Takagi… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent theoretical studies are reviewed which show that the naked group 14 atoms E= C–
Pb in the singlet 1D state behave as bidentate Lewis acids that strongly bind two σ donor …

Carbon-13 NMR chemical shift: a descriptor for electronic structure and reactivity of organometallic compounds

CP Gordon, C Raynaud, RA Andersen… - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Metal-bonded carbon atoms in metal–alkyl, metal–carbene/alkylidene, and
metal–carbyne/alkylidyne species often show significantly more deshielded isotropic …

Evolution of catalytic stereoselective olefin metathesis: from ancillary transformation to purveyor of stereochemical identity

AH Hoveyda - The Journal of organic chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
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 …

Readily Accessible and Easily Modifiable Ru-Based Catalysts for Efficient and Z-Selective Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Ring-Opening/Cross …

RKM Khan, S Torker, AH Hoveyda - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Rationally designed Ru-based catalysts for efficient Z-selective olefin metathesis are
featured. The new complexes contain a dithiolate ligand and can be accessed in a single …

Key processes in ruthenium-catalysed olefin metathesis

DJ Nelson, S Manzini, CA Urbina-Blanco… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …