A highly efficient ruthenium catalyst for metathesis reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4038-4040

  Grela, Karol ^a   Harutyunyan, Syuzanna ^a   Michrowska, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Homogeneous catalysis; Metathesis; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

OLEFINS; RUTHENIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYCLIZATION;

CATALYSTS;

RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LIGAND BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037021049     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20021104)41:21<4038::AID-ANIE4038>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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