The cross-metathesis of methyl oleate with cis-2-butene-1,4-diyl diacetate and the influence of protecting groups

• Arno Behr and
• Jessica Pérez Gomes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1–8, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.1

• to alkenes bearing a wide range of functional groups [8][9][10][11]. Especially, the olefin cross-metathesis with oleochemicals offers a versatile synthetic approach to prepare value-added substrates starting from renewable raw materials. Due to the cross-metathesis reactions of fatty acid

About the activity and selectivity of less well-known metathesis catalysts during ADMET polymerizations

• Hatice Mutlu,
• Lucas Montero de Espinosa,
• Oĝuz Türünç and
• Michael A. R. Meier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1149–1158, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.131

• ; metathesis; olefin isomerization; renewable raw materials; ruthenium–indenylidene catalysts; Introduction Among the large number of organic and organometallic reactions allowing the formation of carbon–carbon bonds, olefin metathesis has found its place in organic synthesis as well as polymer science as a