The fascinating story of olefin (or alkene) metathesis (eq 1) began almost five decades ago,
when Anderson and Merckling reported the first carbonrcarbon double-bond rearrangement …

Sulfoxides are capable of forming stable complexes with transition metals and there have
been many comprehensive studies into their binding properties. However, the use of …

Conspectus The most important means for tuning and improving a catalyst's properties is the
delicate exchange of the ligand shell around the central metal atom. Perhaps for no other …

The chemistry of vinylidene complexes displays a representative example of how highly
reactive, short-lived organic molecules may be effectively stabilized by coordination to …

The design and synthesis of novel chiral ligands is an important part of developing
enantioselective transitionmetal-catalyzed reactions [1] which provide access to both …

Preparation, substrate scope, and activity of a previously reported mechanically activated
metathesis catalyst were investigated. Scission of the catalyst under ultrasound irradiation …

Olefin metathesis catalysed by ruthenium has emerged at the frontier of modern synthetic
chemistry. The desire to enhance catalyst stability, gain control over the catalytic process …

This short review summarizes recent advances relating to the application of ring-closing
olefin-olefin and carbonyl-olefin metathesis reactions towards the synthesis of unsaturated …

A short overview on the structural design of the Hoveyda–Grubbs‐type ruthenium initiators
chelated through oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur atoms is presented. Our aim was to compare …

Among the many types of transition-metal-catalysed C–C bond forming reactions, olefin
metathesis is without a doubt one of the most thriving fields in modern organic synthetic …