A versatile precursor for the synthesis of new ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts

Organometallics

Volumn 20, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 5314-5318

  Sanford, Melanie S ^a   Love, Jennifer A ^a   Grubbs, Robert H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; PYRIDINE; RUTHENIUM BENZYLIDENES;

CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BONDS; OLEFINS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ORGANOMETALLICS;

EID: 0035843056     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om010599r     Document Type: Article

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