TY - JOUR A1 - Vidavsky, Yuval A1 - Lemcoff, N. Gabriel T1 - Light-induced olefin metathesis JF - Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry PY - 2010/// VL - 6 SP - 1106 EP - 1119 SN - 1860-5397 DO - 10.3762/bjoc.6.127 PB - Beilstein-Institut JA - Beilstein J. Org. Chem. UR - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.6.127 KW - catalysis KW - light activation KW - olefin metathesis KW - photoactivation KW - photoinitiation KW - photoisomerisation KW - RCM KW - ROMP KW - ruthenium KW - tungsten N2 - Light activation is a most desirable property for catalysis control. Among the many catalytic processes that may be activated by light, olefin metathesis stands out as both academically motivating and practically useful. Starting from early tungsten heterogeneous photoinitiated metathesis, up to modern ruthenium methods based on complex photoisomerisation or indirect photoactivation, this survey of the relevant literature summarises past and present developments in the use of light to expedite olefin ring-closing, ring-opening polymerisation and cross-metathesis reactions. ER -