The chemistry of Ru cyclopropylmethylidene complexes: Mechanistic studies and synthetic implications for the ring-closing metathesis reaction

Catalysis Today

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 74-83

  Farina, Vittorio ^a   Zeng, Xingzhong ^a   Wei, Xudong ^a   Xu, Yibo ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Haddad, Nizar ^a   Yee, Nathan K ^a   Senanayake, Chris H ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epimerization; Macrocyclization; Mechanistic study; Ring closing metathesis; Ru cyclopropylmethylidene complexes

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS;

EPIMERIZATION; MACROCYCLIZATION; MECHANISTIC STUDY; RING-CLOSING METATHESIS; RU CYCLOPROPYLMETHYLIDENE COMPLEXES;

MECHANICS;

EID: 57849139271     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2008.07.024     Document Type: Article

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