Olefin metathesis in air

• Lorenzo Piola,
• Fady Nahra and
• Steven P. Nolan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2038–2056, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.221

• and isolated yield in parentheses. aIsolated as a mixture, NMR yield. bToluene (0.5 mL). cE/Z ratio determined by 1H NMR. Synthesis of Schiff base-ruthenium complexes. Veerport's indenylidene Schiff-base complexes. Polymerization of 7-oxanorbornene in water. Synthesis of the first well-defined

Surfactant catalyzed convenient and greener synthesis of tetrahydrobenzo[a]xanthene-11-ones at ambient temperature

• Pravin V. Shinde,
• Amol H. Kategaonkar,
• Bapurao B. Shingate and
• Murlidhar S. Shingare

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 53–58, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.9

• ]xanthen-11-one using tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) at room temperature in water is described. Keywords: green chemistry; in-water synthesis; surfactant; tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB); xanthene; Introduction The development of novel synthetic methodologies to facilitate the