The remarkable metal-catalysed olefin metathesis reaction

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7167, 2007, Pages 243-251

  Hoveyda, Amir H ^a   Zhugralin, Adil R ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; METAL; POLYMER;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROCARBON;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 36049015757     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06351     Document Type: Review

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