2 article(s) from Ward, Thomas R.
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Scheme 1: Most common metathesis reactions. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), acyclic diene meta...
Scheme 2: Catalytic cycle for metathesis proposed by Chauvin.
Figure 1: Some of the most representative catalysts for aqueous metathesis. a) Well-defined ruthenium catalys...
Scheme 3: First aqueous ROMP reactions catalyzed by ruthenium(III) salts.
Scheme 4: Degradation pathway of first generation Grubbs catalyst (G-I) in methanol.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of Blechert-type catalysts 19 and 20.
Figure 2: Chemical structure and components of amphiphilic molecule PTS and derivatives.
Scheme 6: RCM of selected substrates in the presence of the surfactant PTS. Conditionsa: The reaction was car...
Scheme 7: RCM reactions of substrates 31 and 33 with the encapsulated G-II catalyst.
Scheme 8: Living ROMP of norbornene derivatives 35 and 36 with phosphine-based catalysts bearing quaternary a...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of water-soluble catalysts 3 and 4 bearing quaternary ammonium tags.
Scheme 10: In situ formation of catalyst 5 bearing a quaternary ammonium group.
Scheme 11: Catalyst recycling of an ammonium-bearing catalyst.
Scheme 12: Removal of the water-soluble catalyst 12 through host–guest interaction with silica-gel-supported β...
Scheme 13: Selection of artificial metathases reported by Ward and co-workers (ArM 1 based on biotin–(strept)a...
Figure 3: In vivo metathesis with an artificial metalloenzyme based on the biotin–streptavidin technology.
Scheme 14: Artificial metathase based on covalent anchoring approach. α-Chymotrypsin interacts with catalyst 66...
Scheme 15: Assembling an artificial metathase (ArM 4) based on the small heat shock protein from M. Jannaschii...
Scheme 16: Artificial metathases based on cavity-size engineered β-barrel protein nitrobindin (NB4exp). The HG...
Scheme 17: Artificial metathase based on cutinase (ArM 8) and resulting metathesis activities.
Scheme 18: Site-specific modification of proteins via aqueous cross-metathesis. The protein structure is based...
Scheme 19: a) Allyl homocysteine (Ahc)-modified proteins as CM substrates. b) Incorporation of Ahc in the Fc p...
Scheme 20: On-DNA cross-metathesis reaction of allyl sulfide 99.
Scheme 21: Preparation of BODIPY-containing profluorescent probes 102 and 104.
Scheme 22: Metathesis-based ethylene detection in live cells.
Scheme 23: First example of stapled peptides via olefin metathesis.
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Catalysts 1–4 tested for the metathesis of profluorescent substrates.
Scheme 1: Two profluorescent substrates yielding fluorescent products upon ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the two profluorescent substrates amenable to ring-closing metathesis.
Figure 2: Fluorescence evolution resulting from closing metathesis of umbelliferone precursor 8 (λexcitation ...
Figure 3: Fluorescence evolution resulting from closing metathesis of fluorescence–quencher substrate 5 (λexc...
Figure 4: Comparison of kinetics measured by HPLC a) and by a plate reader b) for the ring-closing metathesis...