Synthesis of high-molecular weight poly(1,1-dimethyl-1-silapentene) by olefin metathesis polymerization in the presence of Grubbs catalysts Alexander Morontsev, Maria Gringolts*, Valentin Lakhtin, Eugene Finkelshtein J Organomet Chem 2020 … [Continue reading]
A Macrocyclic Ruthenium Carbene for Size-Selective Alkene Metathesis Yutong Zhang and Steven T. Diver* J Am Chem Soc 2020 ASAP Synthesis and Activity of Six-Membered Cyclic Alkyl Amino Carbene-Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis … [Continue reading]
A Chiron Approach to the Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Phomonol and Phytotoxic Nonenolides Naveen Chandra and Rodney A. Fernandes* Eur J Org Chem 2020 ASAP Optimized Ring Closing Metathesis Reaction Conditions to Suppress Desallyl … [Continue reading]
Enol Ethers Are Effective Monomers for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Synthesis of Degradable and Depolymerizable Poly(2,3-dihydrofuran) John D Feist, and Yan Xia* J Am Chem Soc 2020 ASAP Total Synthesis of (-)-Pepluanol B: … [Continue reading]
A Fluorescence-Based High-Throughput Screening Method for Olefin Metathesis Using a Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe Hyeongju Noh, Taeho Lim, Byoung Yong Park, and Min Su Han* Org Lett 2019 ASAP Unprecedented Selectivity of Ruthenium Iodide … [Continue reading]
Processable epoxy-telechelic polyalkenamers and polyolefins for photocurable elastomers Luke A. Kassekert, Claire E. Dingwell, Guilhem X. De Hoe and Marc A. Hillmyer* Polymer Chem 2019 ASAP Unintended Formation of a 26-Membered Cycle in … [Continue reading]
Synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation of 3-amino-3-deoxydihydrosphingosines and their analogues Jana Špaková Raschmanová, Miroslava Martinková,* Jozef Gonda, Martina Bago Pilátová, Juraj … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
“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 … [Continue reading]