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ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 36

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Resonance Promoted Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Twisted Amides
Mizhi Xu, Krista K. Bullard, Aja M. Nicely and Will R. Gutekunst*
Chem Sci 2019 ASAP

Activation of olefin metathesis complexes containing unsymmetrical unsaturated N-heterocyclic carbenes by copper and gold transmetalation
Fadwa Kamal, Sophie Colombel-Rouen, Adrien Dumas, Jean-Paul Guégan, Thierry Roisnel, Vincent Dorcet, Olivier Baslé, Mathieu Rouen and Marc Mauduit*
Chem Commun 2019 ASAP

The Effects of Enhancing the Crosslinking Degree in High Internal Phase Emulsion Templated Poly(dicyclopentadiene) Cured by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization by a Crosslinking Comonomer
Efthymia Vakalopoulou, Christian Slugovc*
ChemRxiv 2019 ASAP

ROMPI-CDSA: Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Induced – Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly of Metallo-Block Copolymers
Ye Sha, Md Anisur Rahman, Tianyu Zhu, Yujin Cha, C. Wayne McAlister and Chuanbing Tang*
Chem Sci 2019 ASAP

Consecutive Intermolecular Reductive Amination/Asymmetric Hydrogenation: A Facile Access to Sterically Tunable Chiral Vicinal Diamines and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Ya Chen, Yixiao Pan, Yan-Mei He,* and Qing-Hua Fan*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2019 ASAP

Modular Approach to Degradable Acetal Polymers Using Cascade Enyne Metathesis Polymerization
Liangbing Fu, Xuelin Sui, Alex E. Crolais, and Will R. Gutekunst*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2019 ASAP

Synthesis of Substituted β-Functionalised Styrenes by Microwave-Assisted Olefin Cross-Metathesis and Scalable Synthesis of Apremilast
Anupam Jana, Grzegorz Krzysztof Zieliński, Sylwia Czarnocka-Śniadała, Krzysztof Grudzień, Dominika Podwysocka, Marcin Szulc, Anna Kajetanowicz,* and Karol Grela*
ChemCatChem 2019 ASAP

Drug Syntheses Beyond the Rule of 5
Mohit Tyagia Fabio Begnini, Vasanthanathan Poongavanam, Bradley C. Doak and Jan Kihlberg*
Chem Eur J 2019 ASAP

A review of the syntheses of bRo5 drugs approved since 1990.

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ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 35

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Catalytic Living Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation: The Importance of Ring Strain in Chain Transfer Agents Peng Liu, Mohammad Yasir and Andreas F.M. Kilbinger* Angew Chem Int Ed 2019 ASAP Highly active ruthenium metathesis catalysts … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 33-34

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Ethyl lactate: A green solvent for olefin metathesis Sebastian Planer, Anupam Jana and Karol Grela* ChemSusChem 2019 ASAP Pulsed-addition ring-opening metathesis polymerization with functional enyne reagents Tianqi Zhang and Will R. … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 32

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Photoinitiated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Wontae Joo, Christopher H. Chen, Jonathan P. Moerdyk, Ryan P. Deschner, Christopher W. Bielawski, Carlton Grant Willson J Polym Sci A 2019 ASAP Engineering of Molecular Geometry in … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 30-31

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Synthesis of N-Sulfonyl- and N-Acylpyrroles via a Ring-Closing Metathesis/Dehydrogenation Tandem Reaction Weiqiang Chen, Yin-Lin Zhang, Hui-Jing Li*, Xiang Nan, Ying Liu, Yan-Chao Wu* Synthesis 2019 ASAP Living β-Selective … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 29

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Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (ROMPISA) Spyridon Varlas, Jeffrey C. Foster,* and Rachel K. O’Reilly* Chem Comm 2019 ASAP A highlight of the recent advances in the field of ROMP mediated polymerization-induced … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 28

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Electronic effects in mixed N-heterocyclic carbene/phosphite indenylidene ruthenium metathesis catalysts Yannick D. Bidal, César A. Urbina-Blanco, Albert Poater, David B. Cordes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Luigi Cavallo and Catherine S. J. … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 27

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Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis Copolymerization of Norborn-2-ene with Cyclic Olefins Veronica Paradiso and Fabia Grisi* Adv Synth Catal 2019 ASAP Recent developments in entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 26

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Three-Step Synthesis of Oxylipins from D. lortense Shreyosree Chatterjee,* Gayan A. Abeykoon,* Jason S. Chen Tetrahedron Letters 2019 ASAP Ovatodiolides: Scalable Protection-free Syntheses, Configuration Determination and Biological … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 25

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New olefin metathesis catalyst bearing N-mesitylimidazole and nitrate ligands – synthesis, activity, and performance in aqueous media Marta Malinowska*, Mariana Kozlowska, Agnieszka Hryniewicka and Jacek W. Morzycki J Organometallic Chem 2019 … [Continue reading]

ASAP’s – 2019 – Week 24

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Living Polymerization Caught in the Act: Direct Observation of an Arrested Intermediate in Metathesis Polymerization Jung-Ah Song, Bohyun Park, Soohyung Kim, Cheol Kang, Dongwhan Lee, Mu-Hyun Baik,* Robert H. Grubbs, and Tae-Lim Choi* J Am Chem Soc … [Continue reading]