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Origin of the High Activity of Second‐Generation Grubbs Catalysts
Author(s) -
Straub Bernd F.
Publication year - 2005
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/anie.200501114
Subject(s) - ruthenium , carbene , catalysis , ligand (biochemistry) , alkene , metathesis , salt metathesis reaction , chemistry , grubbs' catalyst , combinatorial chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , polymer , receptor , polymerization
Green light for alkene metathesis : A strong σ‐donor ligand L favors the active conformation (green in the scheme) of the carbene ligand in the ruthenium complex and thus leads to high catalytic activity of the second‐generation Grubbs catalysts.