All Things Metathesis

ASAP’s – 2021 – Week 08-14

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Fatty Acids and their Derivatives as Renewable Platform Molecules for the Chemical Industry
Ursula Biermann, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Ivo Feussner, Michael A. R. Meier,* Jürgen O. Metzger
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Section 3.2.6 of this review details the last decade of olefin metathesis aided advances in the chemistry of natural oils and fats

Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Spiro-β-Lactams and Spiro-δ-Lactams
Nuno G. Alves, Américo J. S. Alves, Maria I. L. Soares, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo*
Adv Synth Catal 2021 ASAP

Advances since 2015 in ring-closing metathesis based preparation of both spiro-β-lactams (spiroazetidin-2-ones) and spiro-δ-lactams (spiropiperidon-2-ones) are reported in section 3.1.2 of this review.

Access to Trisubstituted Fluoroalkenes by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cross-Metathesis
Augustin Nouaille, Xavier Pannecoucke, Thomas Poisson, and Samuel Couve-Bonnaire*
Adv Synth Catal 2021 ASAP

Multi-Catalytic Approach to One-Pot Stereoselective Synthesis of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols
Alessandra Casnati, Dawid Lichosyt, Bruno Lainer, Lukas Veth, and Paweł Dydio*
ChemRxiv 2021

Function-Oriented and Modular (+/-)-cis-Pseudoguaianolide Synthesis: Discovery of New Nrf2 Activators and NF-κB Inhibitors
Fabien Emmetiere, Ranjala Ratnayake, Henry A. M. Schares, Katherine F. M. Jones, Emily Bevan–Smith, Hendrik Luesch,* Daniel A. Harki,* and Alexander J. Grenning*
Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP

Olefin metathesis, p-Cresol and the Second Generation Grubbs Catalyst: Fitting the Pieces
Marthinus R. Swart, Linette Twigge, Elizabeth Erasmus, Charlene Marais* and Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt*
Eur J Inorg Chem 2021 ASAP

A diversity-oriented approach to large libraries of artificial macrocycles
Dr. Serhii H. Kharchenko, Anna D. Iampolska, Dr. Dmytro S. Radchenko, Bohdan V. Vashchenko, Prof. Dr. Zoia V. Voitenko, Dr. Oleksandr O. Grygorenko*
Eur J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Norbornene-Based Monomers Obtained via the Passerini Three Component Reaction
Dennis Barther and Dafni Moatsou*
Macromol Rapid Commun 2021 ASAP

ROMP Synthesis of Side-Chain Ferrocene-Containing Polyelectrolyte and Its Redox-Responsive Hydrogels Showing Dramatically Improved Swelling with β-Cyclodextrin
Qiangjun Ling,* Fangchen Zhen, Didier Astruc,* and Haibin Gu
Macromol Rapid Commun 2021 ASAP

Periodically Functionalized Linear Polyethylene with Tertiary Amino Groups via Regioselective Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Toshiki Sonoda, Shingo Kobayashi,* and Masaru Tanaka*
Macromolecules 2021, 54, 2862-2872

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Unsaturated Carbohydrate Derivatives: Levoglucosenyl Alkyl Ethers
Tapas Debsharma, Bernd Schmidt, André Laschewsky, and Helmut Schlaad*
Macromolecules 2021, 54, 2720-2728

High molar mass poly(ricinoleic acid) via entropydriven ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Ryohei Ogawa* and Marc A. Hillmyer*
Polym Chem 2021 ASAP

Precision ethylene-styrene copolymers through the ring opening metathesis polymerization of 3-phenyl cyclododecenes
Sebla Onbulak and Marc A. Hillmyer*
Polym Chem, 2021, 12, 1681

Polyolefin graft copolymers through a ring-opening metathesis grafting through approach
Huiqun Wang, Sebla Onbulak, Steven Weigand, Frank S. Bates* and Marc A. Hillmyer*
Polym Chem 2021 ASAP

Selective Ring Opening Allene Metathesis: Polymerization
or Ruthenium Vinylidene Formation
William J. Neary*, Yunyan Sun, Jeffrey S. Moore*
ChemRxiv 2021 ASAP

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ASAP’s – 2021 – Week 02-07

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Cyclic(Alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) in Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Jennifer Morvan, Marc Mauduit,* Guy Bertrand,* and Rodolphe Jazzar* ACS Catal 2021 11 1714-1748 Recent Developments in Z-Selective Olefin Metathesis Reactions by … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 47-49

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4-Methyltetrahydropyran as a Convenient Alternative Solvent for Olefin Metathesis Reaction: Model Studies and Medicinal Chemistry Applications Tomasz Nienałtowski, Paweł Krzesiński, Marcel E. Baumert, Aleksandra Skoczeń, Ewa … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 40-46

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Light-Activated Olefin Metathesis: Catalyst Development, Synthesis, and Applications Or Eivgi, Ravindra S. Phatake, Noy B. Nechmad, and N. Gabriel Lemcoff* Acc Chem Res 2020 53 10 2456-2471 Two-Step Divergent Synthesis of Monodisperse … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 35-39

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An RCM-Based Total Synthesis of the Antibiotic Disciformycin B Philipp Waser and Karl-Heinz Altmann* Angew Chem Int Ed 2020 ASAP Efficient Synthesis of Geminal-Dialkyl Dienes for Olefin Metathesis Polymerization William J. Wolf, Jiaming … [Continue reading]

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 … [Continue reading]

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]