The authors describe the Piers' catalysts and detail latest progress in olefin-metathesis catalyst technology. Olefin metathesis provides an efficient method for the construction of carbon-carbon ...

Olefin metathesis is a versatile catalytic transformation in which pairs of carbon–carbon double bonds exchange substituents through metal–carbene intermediates. This reaction underpins key processes ...

The bonding-partner switcheroo that happens in metathesis reactions has been a boon for molecule makers. Chemists who made crucial discoveries in olefin metathesis even won the Nobel Prize in ...

The Swedish academy's choice "confirms what is generally agreed upon in the synthetic chemistry community—that olefin metathesis is a very useful catalytic reaction that has a broad scope," comments ...

Carbonyls and alkenes, two of the most common functional groups in organic chemistry, generally do not react with one another. Now, a simple Lewis acid has been shown to catalyse metathesis between ...

Robert H. Grubbs of Caltech was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for his role in developing the intricate molecular dance called metathesis, a novel technique that makes it easier ...

Two decades after the “development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis” was honored with a Nobel Prize, this chemical transformation is in full swing across many industrial applications.

Americans Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock and Yves Chauvin of France won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for discoveries that let industry create drugs and advanced plastics in a more ...