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CAS indexed 1 chemical substance from this document. CAS subject entries for this document include: Cyclization; Metathesis; Metathesis catalysts; and 1 additional concept.

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TITLE:	Olefin metathesis
AUTHOR(S):	Grubbs, Robert H.
CORPORATE SOURCE:	The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratory of Chemical Synthesis, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
SOURCE:	Tetrahedron (2004), 60(34), 7117-7140 CODEN: TETRAB; ISSN: 0040-4020
PUBLISHER:	Elsevier B.V.
LANGUAGE:	English

ABSTRACT:
A review. Olefin metathesis has become a tool for synthetic org. and polymer chemists. Well-defined, functional group-tolerant catalysts have allowed these advances. A discussion of the evolution of mechanistic understanding and early catalyst developments is followed by a description of recent advances in ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts. Catalysts improvements have led to new applications in ring closing metathesis, cross metathesis and materials synthesis.