Recent advances in ruthenium-based olefin metathesis

OM Ogba, NC Warner, DJ O'leary… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts, known for their functional group tolerance and
broad applicability in organic synthesis and polymer science, continue to evolve as an …

The Development of L2X2RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts:  An Organometallic Success Story

TM Trnka, RH Grubbs - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2001 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the olefin metathesis reaction has attracted widespread attention as a
versatile carbon− carbon bond-forming method. Many new applications have become …

Olefin metathesis and beyond

A Fürstner - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of well‐defined catalysts for olefin metathesis which combine high activity,
durability, and excellent tolerance towards polar functional groups has revolutionized the …

Olefin‐metathesis catalysts for the preparation of molecules and materials (Nobel lecture)

RH Grubbs - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This is a story of our exploration of the olefin-metathesis reaction, a reaction that has been
the major emphasis of my independent research. As with all stories of scientific discovery …

Mechanism and activity of ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts

MS Sanford, JA Love, RH Grubbs - Journal of the American …, 2001 - ACS Publications
This report details the effects of ligand variation on the mechanism and activity of ruthenium-
based olefin metathesis catalysts. A series of ruthenium complexes of the general formula L …

Tandem catalysis: a taxonomy and illustrative review

DE Fogg, EN dos Santos - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
A scheme is advanced for the classification of one-pot, coupled catalytic transformations,
which distinguishes between one-pot, domino/cascade, and tandem catalysis. The last of …

Olefin metathesis

RH Grubbs - Tetrahedron, 2004 - Elsevier
Olefin metathesis has become a tool for synthetic organic and polymer chemists. Well-
defined, functional group tolerant catalysts have allowed these advances. A discussion of …

Olefin metathesis-active ruthenium complexes bearing a nucleophilic carbene ligand

J Huang, ED Stevens, SP Nolan… - Journal of the American …, 1999 - ACS Publications
The reaction of [Cp* RuCl] 4 (1; Cp*= η5-C5Me5) with the carbene ligand 1, 3-bis (2, 4, 6-
trimethylphenyl) imidazol-2-ylidene (IMes) affords a coordinatively unsaturated Cp* Ru …

Synthesis and activity of ruthenium alkylidene complexes coordinated with phosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

TM Trnka, JP Morgan, MS Sanford… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of a variety of ruthenium complexes
coordinated with phosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands. These complexes …

Metal Vinylidenes and Allenylidenes in Catalysis: Applications in Anti‐Markovnikov Additions to Terminal Alkynes and Alkene Metathesis

C Bruneau, PH Dixneuf - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The involvement of a catalytic metal vinylidene species was proposed for the first time in
1986 to explain the regioselective formation of vinyl carbamates directly from terminal …