Reactions of Ruthenium Carbenes of the Type (PPh3)2(X)2Ru=CH-CH=CPh2 (X = Cl and CF3COO) with Strained Acyclic Olefins and Functionalized Olefins

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 1995, Pages 5503-5511

  Wu, Zhe ^a   Nguyen, SonBinh T ^a   Grubbs, Robert H ^a   Ziller, Joseph W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001698392     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00125a010     Document Type: Article

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