All Things Metathesis

ASAP’s – 2017 – Week 37 & 38

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Mid-chain carboxylic acids by catalytic refining of microalgae oil
Julia Zimmerer, Lara Williams, Dennis Pingen and Stefan Mecking*
Green Chem 2017 ASAP

Model studies for the preparation of Oxepanes and fused compounds via tandem 4+3 cycloaddition/ Ring Opening Metathesis/Cross Metathesis
Paolo Disetti, Linda Piras, Maria Moccia, Michele Saviano and Mauro F. A. Adamo*
Eur J Org Chem 2017 ASAP

Single Turnover at Molecular Polymerization Catalysts Reveals Spatiotemporally Resolved Reactions
Quinn T. Easter and Suzanne A. Blum*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2017 ASAP

Two-Dimensional Controlled Syntheses of Polypeptide Molecular Brushes via N-Carboxyanhydride Ring-Opening Polymerization and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Jingwei Fan, Yannick P. Borguet, Lu Su, Tan P. Nguyen, Hai Wang, Xun He, Jiong Zou, and Karen L. Wooley*
ACS Macro Lett 2017, 6, 1031-1035

50th Anniversary Perspective: Living Polymerization – Emphasizing the Molecule in Macromolecules
Robert B. Grubbs,* and Robert H. Grubbs
Macromolecules 2017 ASAP

Synthesis of Ladder Polymers: Developments, Challenges, and Opportunities
Yew Chin Teo, Holden W. H. Lai, and Yan Xia*
Chem Eur J 2017 ASAP

Expanding the Family of Hoveyda-Grubbs Catalysts Containing Unsymmetrical NHC Ligands
Veronica Paradiso, Valerio Bertolasi, Chiara Costabile, Tonino Caruso, Michał Dąbrowski, Karol Grela, and Fabia Grisi*
Organometallics 2017 ASAP

Synthesis of Polyisobutylene Bottlebrush Polymers via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Bin Yang, Brooks A. Abel, Charles L. McCormick, and Robson F. Storey*
Macromolecules 2017 ASAP

Kinetic Benchmarking Reveals the Competence of Prenyl Groups in Ring-Closing Metathesis
Karim A. Bahou, D. Christopher Braddock,* Adam G. Meyer, and G. Paul Savage
Org Lett 2017 ASAP

ASAP’s – 2017 – Week 36

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Synthesis of Amphiphilic Homopolymers and Their Self-Assembly into Acid-Responsive Polymeric Micelles Hyeongju Noh, Ho-Joong Kim,* Si Kyung Yang* J Polym Sci A 2017 ASAP Synthesis and One-Dimensional Assembly of Cylindrical Polymer … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2017 – Week 35

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Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Analogues of Phytohormones Strigolactones with Ring-Closing Metathesis as a Key Step Chiara Lombardi, Emma Artuso, Eleonora Grandi, Marco Lolli, Francesca Spyrakis, Emanuele Priola, and Cristina Prandi* Org … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2017 – Week 34

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Exploiting and Understanding the Selectivity in NHC-Based Ru Metathesis Catalysts for the Ethenolysis of Cyclic Olefins to α,ω-Dienes Pascal S. Engl, Celine B. Santiago, Christopher P. Gordon, Wei-Chih Liao, Alexey Fedorov,* Christophe … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2017 – Week 33

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Fifty years of (benz)oxaphospholene chemistry Jan K. E. T. Berton, Dr. Thomas S. A. Heugebaert, Prof. Dr. David Virieux, Prof. Dr. Christian V. Stevens* Chem Eur J 2017 ASAP Section 2.4 reviews the use of ring closing metathesis to prepare … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2017 – Week 32

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Iodine-mediated rearrangements of diallylsilanes Gregory W. O’Neil,* Elizabeth J. Cummins Tet Lett 2017 58 3406-3409 Total synthesis of greensporone C Kwanruthai Tadpetch,* Laksamee Jeanmard, Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul Tet Lett 2017 58 … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2017 – Week 31

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Design and Synthesis of Cyclic Mismatch-Binding Ligands (CMBLs) with Variable Linkers by Ring-Closing Metathesis and their Photophysical and DNA Repeat Binding Properties Sanjukta Mukherjee,* Chikara Dohno, Kazuhiko Nakatani* Chem Eur J 2017 … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2017 – Week 30

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New articles are always exciting and in an effort to bring more visibility to the community we’re experimenting with a recurring series of posts featuring the literary achievements of metathesis practitioners. As with all experiments, there are some … [Continue reading]

Not Alone – Formation of a Ruthenium Dimer

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Higman, C.S.; Rufh, S.A.; McDonald, R.; Fogg, D.E. “Synthesis and Dynamic Behavior of a Dimeric Ruthenium Benzylidene Complex Bearing a Truncated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand” J. Organomet. Chem. 2017, Advance Article. DOI: … [Continue reading]

Stapled Peptides – Getting into the Cell

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Bird, G. H.; Mazzola, E.; Opoku-Nsiah, K.; Lammert, M. A.; Godes, M.; Neuberg, D. S.; Walensky, L. D. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2016, 12, 845. Stapled peptides are an application of olefin metathesis first demonstrated by Grubbs and Blackwell1 using … [Continue reading]