Well-defined ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts: Mechanism and activity

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3887-3897

  Dias, Eric L ^a   Nguyen, SonBinh T ^a   Grubbs, Robert H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; COPPER CHLORIDE; HALOGEN; LIGAND; MALONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; LIGAND BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030994105     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja963136z     Document Type: Article

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