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 […]

Stereocontrolled concise synthesis of (±)-halosaline through intramolecular C-H amination Chun-Yan Meng, Xiao Liang, Hongbin Zhang, Kun Wei,* and Yu-Rong Yang* Tetrahedron Letters 2019 ASAP Process development of ABT-450 – A first generation NS3/4A protease inhibitor for HCV Daniel D. Caspi, Russell D. Cink, Dean Clyne, Moiz Diwan, Kenneth M. Engstrom, Timothy Grieme, Jianzhang Mei, Robert […]

Macrocyclic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis and Catalytic Applications Anibal R. Davalos, Eric Sylvester, and Steven T. Diver* Organometallics 2019 ASAP Ring Closing Metathesis (RCM) Approach to the Synthesis of Conduramine B-2, ent-Conduramine F-2, Aminocyclopentitol and Trihydroxyazepane Vimal Kant Harit and Namakkal G Ramesh* Org Biomol Chem 2019 ASAP Synthesis of the non-adjacent bis(tetrahydrofuran) core of squamostanin […]

Concise Seven-Membered Oxepene/Oxepane Synthesis – Structural Motifs in Natural and Synthetic Products Clement Osei Akoto*, Jon D. Rainier Synthesis 2019 ASAP Anion Metathesis in Facile Preparation of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing a Quaternary Ammonium Chloride Tag Michał Patrzałek, Jakub Piątkowski, Anna Kajetanowicz*, Karol Grela* Synlett 2019 ASAP Rapid ring-opening metathesis polymerization of monomers obtained from […]

Total synthesis and stereochemical revision of Relgro and 10′-Oxorelgro Janardhan Gaddam, G. Sudhakar Reddy, Kanakaraju Marumudi, Ajit C. Kunwar, Jhillu S. Yadav, Debendra K. Mohapatra* Org Biomol Chem 2019 ASAP All Things Metathesis is a blog published by Umicore. For more information, please visit www.pmc.umicore.com

Extending cross metathesis to identify selective HDAC inhibitors: synthesis, biological activities and modelling Samuel Bouchet, Camille Linot, Dusan Ruzic, Danica D. Agbaba, Benoit Fouchaq, Joëlle Roche, Katarina Nikolic, Christophe Blanquart, and Philippe Bertrand* ACS Med Chem Lett 2019 ASAP All Things Metathesis is a blog published by Umicore. For more information, please visit www.pmc.umicore.com

Monodisperse, sequence-defined macromolecules as tool to evaluate the limits of ring-closing metathesis Katharina S. Wetzel and Michael A. R. Meier* Polymer Chem 2019 ASAP Poly(arylenevinylene)s through Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of an Unsymmetrical Donor-Acceptor Cyclophane Elizabeth Elacqua* and Maria Gregor Angew Chem Int Ed 2019 ASAP Stereoselective Tandem Synthesis of syn-1,3-Diol Derivatives by Integrating Olefin Cross-Metathesis, […]

Visible-Light-Controlled Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis Cédric Theunissen, Melissa A. Ashley, and Tomislav Rovis* J Am Chem Soc 2019 ASAP Ring-opening metathesis polymerization-induced self-assembly (ROMPISA) of a cisplatin analogue for high drug-loaded nanoparticles Daniel B. Wright, Maria T. Proetto, Mollie A. Touve and Nathan C. Gianneschi* Polym Chem 2019 ASAP All Things Metathesis is a blog published […]

Catalytic living ring-opening metathesis polymerization with Grubbs’ second- and third-generation catalysts Mohammad Yasir, Peng Liu, Iris K. Tennie and Andreas F. M. Kilbinger* Nature Chemistry 2019 ASAP Ru-Based Catechothiolate Complexes Bearing an Unsaturated NHC Ligand: Effective Cross-Metathesis Catalysts for Synthesis of (Z)-α,β-Unsaturated Esters, Carboxylic Acids, and Primary, Secondary, and Weinreb Amides Zhenxing Liu, Chaofan Xu, […]

Synthesis of new polyesters by acyclic diene metathesis polymerization of bio-based α,ω-dienes prepared from eugenol and castor oil (undecenoate) Duy Le, Chanatip Samart, Suwadee Kongparakul* and Kotohiro Nomura* RSC Adv 2019 9 10245 3,4-Dimercapto-3-cyclobutene-1,2-dione-chelated Ruthenium Carbene Catalyst for Z-Stereoretentive/Stereoselective Olefin Metathesis Tao Wang, Qingxiao Xie, Weijie Guo, Shutao Wu, Huiqing Zhang, Jianhui Wang* and Botao […]