Strongly Binding Ligands Cause the Carbene Fragment to be Lost as a Phosphorus Ylide Isocyanide ligand binds to ruthenium and sweeps away the carbene fragment The rapid loss of carbenic activity stops metathesis with this first generation Grubbs complex “Isocyanide-Promoted Ylidene Transfer to Phosphorus: Rearrangement in the First Generation Grubbs Complex” Galan, B. R.; Pitak, M.; Keister, J. B.; Diver, S. T. Organometallics 2008, 27, 3630-3632.; We gratefully acknowledge support of this work by the ACS-PRF through research grant 44202-AC1 to Diver and Keister.