The 248th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition will be held in San Francisco, California from August 10-14, 2014. The theme of this fall’s meeting is “Chemistry and Global Stewardship.” As olefin metathesis has made significant contributions to the responsible management of world resources, it is fitting that many notable presentations will be given.
Of special note, Materia’s very own Dr. Mark Trimmer will be presenting a talk entitled “Olefin metathesis: Pushing the frontiers” describing the company’s contributions to the understanding and commercialization of metathesis (#534).
The meeting also features talks from Nobel Laureates Professor Bob Grubbs and Professor Dick Schrock. Prof. Grubbs’ first talk (#462) describes the variety of molecules made synthetically accessible with the expanding family of ruthenium catalysts while his second presentation (#189) focuses on his work with Z-selective catalysts from a computational perspective. Prof. Schrock’s presentation (#512) will describe his work controlling polymer stereochemistry with tungsten and molybdenum ring-opening metathesis catalysts.
Other interesting looking abstracts with an olefin metathesis focus include:
174 – Photolithographic olefin metathesis polymerization
Raymond Weitekamp, Harry Atwater, Robert Grubbs
photolithography meets olefin metathesis = PhotoLithographic Olefin Metathesis Polymerization (PLOMP)
292 – New ruthenium-based catalysts for Z-selective metathesis of hindered olefins
Brendan Quigley, Robert Grubbs
High yield and excellent selectivity for allylic-substituted olefins
417 – Ruthenium catalyzed synthesis of functionalized polypentenamers
Robert Tuba, Robert Grubbs
Recyclable functionalized polymers
764 – Cis-selective ring-opening metathesis polymerizations using ruthenium catalysts
Tonia S Ahmed, Vanessa M Marx
The effect of Z-selective catalyst structure on polymer microstructure
405 – Direct synthesis of Ruthenium catalyst precursors from precious metal refinery salts
Steven Cohen, Linda Kunz, Melvin Luetkens, Jr.
Preparing [Cl2RuCOD]x from refinery salts
1075 – Synthesis and application of heterogeneous Grubbs catalyst in camelina oil metathesis
Md J Abedin
“Gold of pleasure” metathesis
228 – Development of sequence-controlled polymers using a relay metathesis strategy
Will Gutekunst, Craig Hawker
A new and general strategy for the synthesis of sequence-defined polymers!
262 – Protein-polymer conjugates synthesized by ring opening metathesis polymerization
Heather D. Maynard
Tailor-made end-functionalized ROMP polymers for protein conjugation
865 – Solvent-free ruthenium catalysis in a ball mill: Exploring olefin metathesis from a mechanochemical perspective
Jean-Louis Do, Vjekoslav Štrukil, Tomislav Friščić
Metathesis meets liquid-assisted grinding
24 – Computational hints in olefin metathesis
Albert Poater, Steven Nolan, David Nelson, Simone Manzini, César Urbina-Blanco, Laura Falivene, Sai Vummaleti, Luigi Cavallo
A computational perspective of the factors effecting catalyst stability
982 – Exploring new ligand architectures for ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts
Timothy Larocque, Anna Badaj, Gino Lavoie
Hemi-labile NHC-imines and low-valent phosphaalkenes meet ruthenium
51 – New fluorous ruthenium metathesis pre-catalysts: Synthesis and their employment in phase-transfer activation
Janos Balogh, Hassan Bazzi, John Gladysz
Fluorous analogues of Grubbs 3rd Gen!
175 – New well defined silica-supported tungsten oxo methyl synthesized by surface alkylation: Application in olefin and paraffin metathesis
Ali Hamieh, Yin Chen, Edy AbouHamad, Serena Goh, Lyndon Emsley, Jean-marie Basset
WOCl4 + silica support + selective methylation = metathesis catalyst
Also, don’t forget to stop by and visit us at ACS Expo Booth #1111 to learn more about olefin metathesis. The infamous Metathesis Challenge will be taking place and just for participating you can earn your very own Materia Metathesis T-shirt!! (While supply lasts)
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