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

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 polymerization: Mechanistic considerations, unique functionality, and sequence control Amanda K. Pearce, Jeffrey C. Foster, Rachel K. O’Reilly* Polym Chem A 2019 ASAP Highlights from the past decade of EDROMP […]

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 Evaluation against Hepatic Cancer Stem Cells Junhong Xiang, Yahui Ding*, Jiaxin Li, Xiuhe Zhao, Yuanjun Sun, Da Wang, Liang Wang*, and Yue Chen* Angew Chem Int Ed 2019 […]

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 Accepted Manuscript Sn-Li Transmetalation of α-Aminoorganostannanes for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Substituted Dehydropiperidines and Dehydroazepanes Alexandre Lumbroso, Isabelle Beaudet, Jean-Paul Quintard, Cécile Fraisse, Nicolas […]

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 2019 ASAP Divergent Total Synthesis of Aspinolides B, E and J Caizhu Chang, Jialin Geng, Yuguo Du, Qingwei […]