ROMP has become an important reaction for the formation of well defined polymers. Ziegler and Natta's early studies on ethylene and polypropylene polymerization lead to extensive research efforts on the investigation of transition metal catalyzed polymerization and its mechanism, which
This robust protocol for hydrosilylation of terminal acetylenes to give α-vinylsilanes using [Cp*Ru(MeCN)3]PF6, as well as a number of other catalysts for hydrosilylation, comes from the Trost group at Stanford University.
Olefin metathesis is now a well-entrenched synthetic technique, and is a powerful method for the clean construction of innumerable classes of chemical architectures.
Rovis has demonstrated that triazolium salt in the presence of a base can act as an N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalyst1 in highly enantioselective intramolecular Stetter reactions.
Rapid progress in cross-coupling reactions of unactivated substrates catalyzed by metal complexes has transformed the chemical market-place through introduction of an extensive library of achiral and chiral phosphine ligands.
In the last two decades, a new method termed solid-state metathesis (SSM) has been developed to synthesize compounds that are often difficult to produce conventionally.
Information regarding ring-closing metathesis; an essential tool for C-C bond formation as shown by the profound impact on total synthesis; provided by Sigma-Aldrich.com.
Alkyne metathesis has been a useful tool for C–C bond formation since the discovery of structurally well-defined metal alkylidynes by Schrock and coworkers.
Lipshutz and co-workers have recently developed a second generation technology to their original PTS-enabling surfactant based on the polyoxyethanyl-α-tocopheryl succinate derivative, TPGS-750-M.