Aqueous olefin metathesis

Author: Burtscher, D.; Grela, K.

Description: According to popular belief, oxygen and water are the natural enemies of organometallic reactions and therefore must be excluded rigorously from the reaction vessel. This belief is founded in the case of the highly reactive nucleophilic metal alkylidene complexes that were used in early catalytic olefin metathesis. However, owing to the high stability of the ruthenium carbene complexes introduced by Grubbs, metathesis in water has become reality.

Subject headings: Aqueous media;Homogeneous catalysis;Olefin metathesis;Ruthenium;Sustainable chemistry

Publication year: 2009

Journal or book title: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Volume: 48

Issue: 3

Pages: 442-454

Find the full text : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.200801451/full

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Type: Journal Article

Serial number: 247