Mid-chain carboxylic acids by catalytic refining of microalgae oil Julia Zimmerer, Lara Williams, Dennis Pingen and Stefan Mecking* Green Chem 2017 ASAP Model studies for the preparation of Oxepanes and fused compounds via tandem 4+3 … [Continue reading]
Synthesis of Amphiphilic Homopolymers and Their Self-Assembly into Acid-Responsive Polymeric Micelles Hyeongju Noh, Ho-Joong Kim,* Si Kyung Yang* J Polym Sci A 2017 ASAP Synthesis and One-Dimensional Assembly of Cylindrical Polymer … [Continue reading]
Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Analogues of Phytohormones Strigolactones with Ring-Closing Metathesis as a Key Step Chiara Lombardi, Emma Artuso, Eleonora Grandi, Marco Lolli, Francesca Spyrakis, Emanuele Priola, and Cristina Prandi* Org … [Continue reading]
Exploiting and Understanding the Selectivity in NHC-Based Ru Metathesis Catalysts for the Ethenolysis of Cyclic Olefins to α,ω-Dienes Pascal S. Engl, Celine B. Santiago, Christopher P. Gordon, Wei-Chih Liao, Alexey Fedorov,* Christophe … [Continue reading]
Fifty years of (benz)oxaphospholene chemistry Jan K. E. T. Berton, Dr. Thomas S. A. Heugebaert, Prof. Dr. David Virieux, Prof. Dr. Christian V. Stevens* Chem Eur J 2017 ASAP Section 2.4 reviews the use of ring closing metathesis to prepare … [Continue reading]
Iodine-mediated rearrangements of diallylsilanes Gregory W. O’Neil,* Elizabeth J. Cummins Tet Lett 2017 58 3406-3409 Total synthesis of greensporone C Kwanruthai Tadpetch,* Laksamee Jeanmard, Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul Tet Lett 2017 58 … [Continue reading]
Design and Synthesis of Cyclic Mismatch-Binding Ligands (CMBLs) with Variable Linkers by Ring-Closing Metathesis and their Photophysical and DNA Repeat Binding Properties Sanjukta Mukherjee,* Chikara Dohno, Kazuhiko Nakatani* Chem Eur J 2017 … [Continue reading]
New articles are always exciting and in an effort to bring more visibility to the community we’re experimenting with a recurring series of posts featuring the literary achievements of metathesis practitioners. As with all experiments, there are some … [Continue reading]
Higman, C.S.; Rufh, S.A.; McDonald, R.; Fogg, D.E. “Synthesis and Dynamic Behavior of a Dimeric Ruthenium Benzylidene Complex Bearing a Truncated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand” J. Organomet. Chem. 2017, Advance Article. DOI: … [Continue reading]
Ahmed, T.S.; Grubbs, R. H. “Fast-Initiating, Ruthenium-based Catalysts for Improved Activity in Highly E-Selective Cross Metathesis” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 1532-1537. [10.1021/jacs.6b11330] A recent publication from the Grubbs’ group … [Continue reading]
Bird, G. H.; Mazzola, E.; Opoku-Nsiah, K.; Lammert, M. A.; Godes, M.; Neuberg, D. S.; Walensky, L. D. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2016, 12, 845. Stapled peptides are an application of olefin metathesis first demonstrated by Grubbs and Blackwell1 using … [Continue reading]