Nitro-Grela-type complexes containing iodides – robust and selective catalysts for olefin metathesis under challenging conditions

• Andrzej Tracz,
• Mateusz Matczak,
• Katarzyna Urbaniak and
• Krzysztof Skowerski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1823–1832, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.198

• ; ruthenium; Introduction Olefin metathesis (OM) is a mild and versatile catalytic method which allows the formation of carbon–carbon double bonds [1]. Understanding the key events in ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis [2] and developing efficient and selective catalysts [3] provides opportunities for

A comprehensive study of olefin metathesis catalyzed by Ru-based catalysts

• Albert Poater and
• Luigi Cavallo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1767–1780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.192

• metathesis represents a metal-catalyzed redistribution of carbon–carbon double bonds [2][3][4][5][6] and provides a route to unsaturated molecules that are often challenging or impossible to prepare by any other means. Furthermore, the area of ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis reactions is an outstanding

Thermal properties of ruthenium alkylidene-polymerized dicyclopentadiene

• Yuval Vidavsky,
• Yotam Navon,
• Yakov Ginzburg,
• Moshe Gottlieb and
• N. Gabriel Lemcoff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1469–1474, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.159

• : glass-transition temperature; polydicyclopentadiene; ring opening metathesis polymerization; ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis; thermoset polymers; Introduction Olefin metathesis [1][2][3][4][5][6] has advanced to become a major synthetic tool in academia [7][8][9][10][11] and industry [12

The intriguing modeling of cis–trans selectivity in ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis

• Naeimeh Bahri-Laleh,
• Raffaele Credendino and
• Luigi Cavallo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 40–45, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.7