Ruthenium – Carbene Mediated Reaction Olefin Metathesis Ruthenium – Carbene Mediated Reaction
Organometallic Catalyst is Used This reaction can be thought of as a reaction where all the C=C bonds are cleaved and then rearranged in a statistical fashion.
Chauvin’s Mechanism (1971)
“Forbidden” [2+2] Cycloadditions
The Catalyst
Intramolecular Olefin Metathesis
Dimeric Dienes
Ring-opening Metathesis
Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)
Cross-Metathesis
Cross Metathesis Synthesis of Z. cassumunar