Metal-Catalyzed Metathesis of Fluorinated Alkenes: Still a Current Major Challenge Augustin Nouaille, Jan Lorkowski, Xavier Pannecoucke, Marc Mauduit,* Thomas Poisson, and Samuel Couve-Bonnaire* ACS Catal 2021 11 12307-12323 This review documents two decades of challenging research into the metathesis of fluorinated alkenes. Recent Advances in Transformations Involving Electron-Rich Alkenes: Functionalization, Cyclization, and Cross-Metathesis Reactions Fei […]

Substituent Effects Provide Access to Tetrasubstituted Ring-Opening Olefin Metathesis of Bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-6-enes Gyusaang Youn and Nicole S. Sampson* ACS Org Inorg 2021 ASAP Fatty Acids and their Derivatives as Renewable Platform Molecules for the Chemical Industry Ursula Biermann, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Ivo Feussner, Michael A. R. Meier,* and Jgrgen O. Metzger Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 […]

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of δ-Pinene: Well-Defined Polyolefins from Pine Sap Mark R. Yarolimek, Heather R. Bookbinder, Brianna M. Coia, and Justin G. Kennemur* ACS Macro Lett 2021 10 760-766 Nitro and Other Electron Withdrawing Group Activated Ruthenium Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis Reactions Anna Kajetanowicz* and Karol Grela* Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 60 13738–13756 Metathesis […]

Engineering a Metathesis-Catalyzing Artificial Metalloenzyme Based on HaloTag Sandro Fischer, Thomas R. Ward,* and Alexandria D. Liang* ACS Catal 2021 11 6343-6347 Fatty Acids and their Derivatives as Renewable Platform Molecules for the Chemical Industry Ursula Biermann, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Ivo Feussner, Michael A. R. Meier,* and Jürgen O. Metzger Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 […]

Total Synthesis of Haliclonin A Yuan Jin, Kensuke Orihara, Fumiki Kawagishi, Tatsuya Toma, Tohru Fukuyama, and Satoshi Yokoshima* Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 60 9666–9671 Light-Driven gem-Hydrogenation: An Orthogonal Entry into “Second Generation” Ruthenium Carbene Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis Raphael J. Zachmann, and Alois Fürstner* Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP Oxanorbornenes: promising new single addition […]

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 […]

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 Molybdenum, Tungsten, Ruthenium, and Vanadium Catalysts Kamal M. Dawood,* and Kotohiro Nomura Adv Synth Catal 2021 ASAP Reactivity and Selectivity in Ruthenium Sulfur-Chelated Diiodo Catalysts Noy B. […]

Efficient Z-Selective Olefin-Acrylamide Cross-Metathesis Enabled by Sterically Demanding Cyclometalated Ruthenium Catalysts Yan Xu, Jonathan J. Wong, Adrian E. Samkian, Jeong Hoon Ko, Shuming Chen, K. N. Houk,* and Robert H. Grubbs* J Am Chem Soc 2020 ASAP Ene-Yne Metathesis of Allylphosphonates and Allylphosphates: Synthesis of Phosphorus-Containing 1,3-Dienes Laurence N. Rohde, Jr., Thérèse H. Wild, and […]

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 Suska-Kauf, Jolanta Pawłowska, Anna Kajetanowicz,* and Karol Grela* ACS Sus Chem 2020 ASAP Sugar-Based Polymers from D-xylose: Living Cascade Polymerization, Tunable Degradation, and Small Molecule Release Antonio Rizzo, Gregory […]

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 and Ultra-Long Bottlebrush Polymers from an Easily Purifiable ROMP Monomer Yoshihiro Yamauchi,* Noriko Nishizawa Horimoto, Kuniyo Yamada, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Masayuki Takeuchi, and Yasuhiro […]