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Olefin Metathesis and Beyond
Author(s) -
Fürstner Alois
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20000901)39:17<3012::aid-anie3012>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - olefin metathesis , retrosynthetic analysis , scope (computer science) , salt metathesis reaction , metathesis , nanotechnology , biochemical engineering , chemistry , computer science , engineering , organic chemistry , materials science , total synthesis , polymerization , polymer , programming language
The advent of well‐defined catalysts for olefin metathesis which combine high activity, durability, and excellent tolerance towards polar functional groups has revolutionized the field. The past decade has seen the rapid embrace of these reagents as tools for advanced organic and polymer chemistry and the success of this development is witnessed by a plethora of elegant applications to the synthesis of natural and nonnatural products. This review article provides an overview of these developments and intends to familiarize the reader with some very recent advances which hold the promise to expand the scope of the reaction even further. Moreover, the positive impact of metathesis on the fundamental logic of retrosynthetic planning is demonstrated by means of typical examples. Finally, it will be shown that metathesis is by no means restricted to alkenes as substrates, and some comments on metathesis reactions following unconventional mechanistic pathways will also be presented.