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. … [Continue reading]
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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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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, … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
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, … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]