All Things Metathesis

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 33-34

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Nitro and Other Electron Withdrawing Group-Activated Ruthenium Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis Reaction
Anna Kajetanowicz,* and Karol Grela*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2020 ASAP

This review details the development and diverse applications of electron withdrawing group activated Hoveyda-Grubbs type catalysts.

Multigram synthesis of heterabicyclo[n.1.0]alkan-1-yl trifluoroborates
Ihor Kleban, Yevhen Krokhmaliuk, Sofiia Reut, Serhii Shuvakin, Vyacheslav V. Pendyukh, Oleksandr I. Khyzhan, Dmytro S. Yarmoliuk, Dr. Andriy V. Tymtsunik,* Dr. Yuliya V. Rassukana, Dr. Oleksandr O. Grygorenko
Eur J Org Chem 2020 ASAP

ROMP-Boranes as Moisture Tolerant and Recyclable Lewis Acid Organocatalysts
Fernando Vidal, James McQuade, Roger Lalancette, and Frieder Jäkle*
J Am Chem Soc 2020 ASAP

Bicyclohexene-peri-naphthalenes: Scalable Synthesis, Diverse Functionalization, Efficient Polymerization, and Facile Mechanoactivation of Their Polymers
Jinghui Yang, Matias Horst, Sabrina H. Werby, Lynette Cegelski, Noah Z. Burns, Yan Xia*
J Am Chem Soc 2020 ASAP

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of endo- and exo-Norbornene Lactones
Narumi Miyasako, Shin-ichi Matsuoka,* and Masato Suzuki
Macromol Rapid Comm 2020 ASAP

Adventures and Detours in the Synthesis of Hydropentalenes
Max Deimling, Anna Zens, Natja Park, Christine Hess, Simon Klenk, Zarfishan Dilruba, Angelika Baro, Sabine Laschat*
Synlett 2020 ASAP

Section 8 of this account describes the application of tandem Ring-Opening Metathesis/Ring-Closing Metathesis/Cross-Metathesis for the preparation of fucntionalized hydropentalenes.

Sulfur-Chelated Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts
Noy B. Nechmad, N. Gabriel Lemcoff*
Synlett 2020 ASAP

This review from the Lemcoff group summarizes the development and application of sulfur-chelated ruthenium precatalysts.

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ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 31-32

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It’s Better with Salt: Aqueous Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization at Neutral pH Jeffrey C. Foster,* Marcus C Grocott, Lucy A. Arkinstall, Spyridon Varlas, McKenna J. Redding, Scott M. Grayson,* and Rachel K. O'Reilly* J Am Chem Soc 2020 … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 29-30

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Synthesis of Biobased Long-Chain Polyesters by Acyclic Diene Metathesis Polymerization and Tandem Hydrogenation and Depolymerization with Ethylene Kotohiro Nomura,* Permpoon Chaijaroen, and Mohamed Mehawed Abdellatif ACS Omega 2020 … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 27-28

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Aerogels for the separation of asphalt-containing oil–water mixtures and the effect of asphalt stabilizer Bin Lin, Zufei Wang, Qing-jun Zhu, Wafaa Nazurah Binti Hamzah, Zhen Yao* and Kun Cao* RSC Adv 2020 10 24840 Synthesis of … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 25-26

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Photoinduced strain-assisted synthesis of a stiff-stilbene polymer by ring-opening metathesis polymerization Baiju P. Krishnan, Lulu Xue, Xinhong Xiong, and Jiaxi Cui* Chem Eur J 2020 ASAP Facile synthetic route to [3.n]thiacyclophanes … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 23-24

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Supramolecular Behaviour and Fluorescence of Rhodamine-Functionalised ROMP Polymer Lee Birchall, Sara Shehata, Sean McCarthy, Helena J. Shepherd, Ewan Clark, Christopher Serpell,* Stefano Biagini* ChemRxiv 2020 ASAP The … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 21-22

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Protection of ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts by encapsulation in a self-assembled resorcinarene capsule Lukas J. Jongkind, Maryam Rahimi, David Poole III, Stephanie J. Ton, Deryn E. Fogg* and Joost N.H. Reek* ChemCatChem 2020 … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 19-20

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A Scalable Membrane Pervaporation Approach for Continuous Flow Olefin Metathesis Christopher P. Breen, Christine Parrish, Ning Shangguan, Sudip Majumdar, Hannah Murnen, Timothy F. Jamison,* and Matthew M. Bio* Org Process Res Dev 2020 … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 17-18

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Making the Family Portrait Complete: Synthesis of Electron Withdrawing Group Activated Hoveyda-Grubbs Catalysts Bearing Sulfone and Ketone Functionalities Michał Bieniek, Robert Bujok, Mariusz Milewski, Dieter Arlt, Anna Kajetanowicz, Karol … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 15-16

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Relay Cross Metathesis for the Iterative Construction of Terpenoids and Synthesis of a Diterpene-Benzoate Macrolide of Biogenetic Relevance to the Bromophycolides Karim A. Bahou, D. Christopher Braddock,* Adam G. Meyer, and G. Paul Savage Org Lett … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 13-14

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Syntheses of Complex Terpenes from Simple Polyprenyl Precursors Claire S. Harmange Magnani, Danny Q. Thach, Karl T. Haelsig, and Thomas J. Maimone* Acc Chem Res 2020 ASAP Total synthesis of prostratin, a bioactive tigliane diterpenoid: … [Continue reading]