A Gentler Touch: Synthesis of Modern Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Sustained by Mechanical Force Nirmalya Mukherjee, Anna Marczyk, Grzegorz Szczepaniak, Adrian Sytniczuk, Anna Kajetanowicz, and Karol Grela* ChemCatChem 2019 ASAP This article details the application of mechanochemical synthesis to the prototypical transformations utilized in olefin metathesis catalyst synthesis. Two papers recently examined the mechanism of […]

Fluoro-imidazopyridinylidene Ruthenium Catalysts for Cross Metathesis with Ethylene Seunghwan Byun, Huiyeong Seo, Jun-Ho Choi, Ji Yeon Ryu, Junseong Lee, Won-jin Chung,* and Sukwon Hong* Organometallics 2019 ASAP Synthetic mimics of cyclic antimicrobial peptides via templated ring-opening metathesis (TROM) Zhe Zhou, Cansu Ergene and Edmund F. Palermo* Polymer Chem 2019 ASAP Tuning the Reactivity of Cyclopropenes […]

A Divergent Synthetic Route to the Vallesamidine, Strempeliopine and Schizozygine Alkaloids: Total Synthesis of (+)-Vallesamidine and (+)-14,15-Dehydrostrempeliopine Xiangyu Zhang and James. C. Anderson* Angew Chem Int Ed 2019 ASAP Chemoenzymatic cascade for stilbene production from cinnamic acid catalyzed by ferulic acid decarboxylase and an artificial metathease M. A. Stephanie Mertens, Daniel F. Sauer, Ulrich Markel, […]

“Close-to-Release”: Spontaneous Bioorthogonal Uncaging Resulting from Ring-Closing Metathesis Valerio Sabatino, Johannes G. Rebelein, and Thomas R. Ward* J Am Chem Soc 2019 ASAP A Metathetic Approach to [5/5/6] Aza-Tricyclic Core of Dendrobine, Kopsanone, and Lycopalhine A Type of Alkaloids Sambasivarao Kotha*, Sunil Pulletikurti Synthesis 2019 ASAP Total Synthesis of PGF2α and 6,15-Diketo-PGF1α and Formal Synthesis […]

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 […]

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 enabling ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclopentadiene at low temperatures Kitaek Song, Kunsoon Kim, Daeun Hong, Jungwon Kim, Chae Eun Heo, Hugh […]

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. Gutekunst* Polym Chem 2019 ASAP Functional End Groups in Living Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Andreas F. M. Kilbinger* Synlett 2019 ASAP This account highlights recent […]

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 Bottlebrush Polymers Dylan J. Walsh, Sarit Dutta, Charles E. Sing,* and Damien Guironnet* Macromolecules 2019 52 4847-4857 Acid-Assisted Direct Olefin Metathesis of Unprotected […]

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 Cyclopolymerization Using Ru Dithiolate Catalysts Kijung Jung, Tonia S. Ahmed, Jaeho Lee, Jong-Chan Sung, Hyeyun Keum, Robert H. Grubbs, and Tae-Lim Choi* Chem Sci 2019 ASAP Synthesis […]

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 self-assembly. Chemo-Enzymatic Metathesis/Aromatization Cascades for the Synthesis of Furans: Disclosing the Aromatizing Activity of Laccase/TEMPO in Oxygen-Containing Heterocycles Caterina Risi, Fei Zhao, and Daniele […]

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. Cazin* Dalton Trans 2019 ASAP All Things Metathesis is a blog published by Umicore. For more information, please visit www.pmc.umicore.com