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Multiple Metal–Carbon Bonds for Catalytic Metathesis Reactions (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Schrock Richard R.
Publication year - 2006
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.200600085
Subject(s) - metathesis , salt metathesis reaction , catalysis , organic synthesis , chemistry , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer science , polymer , polymer chemistry , materials science , polymerization
Metathesis reactions are among the most important processes in organic synthesis. The decisive breakthrough in making these reactions practical for industrial purposes, which range from the synthesis of polymers to pharmaceuticals, came with the discovery of the reaction mechanism by Yves Chauvin and the targeted development of transition‐metal‐based metathesis catalysts by Richard Schrock and Robert Grubbs. The winners of the Chemistry Nobel Prize in 2005 present first‐hand accounts of these developments.