Origin of the high activity of second-generation Grubbs catalysts

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 5974-5978

  Straub, Bernd F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbene ligands; Cycloaddition; Density functional calculations; Metathesis; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; OLEFINS; RUTHENIUM;

CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; LIGANDS; METATHESIS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 25144454100     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501114     Document Type: Article

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