ASAP’s – 2020 – Week 33-34

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.

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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

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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

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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

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

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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.

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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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