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Sustainable Concepts in Olefin Metathesis
Author(s) -
Clavier Hervé,
Grela Karol,
Kirschning Andreas,
Mauduit Marc,
Nolan Steven P.
Publication year - 2007
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.200605099
Subject(s) - ruthenium , olefin metathesis , metathesis , context (archaeology) , catalysis , olefin fiber , ring opening metathesis polymerisation , homogeneous catalysis , salt metathesis reaction , homogeneous , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , acyclic diene metathesis , organic chemistry , polymerization , polymer , mathematics , biology , paleontology , combinatorics
Ruthenium‐catalyzed olefin metathesis reactions represent an attractive and powerful transformation for the formation of new carbon–carbon double bonds. This area is now quite familiar to most chemists as numerous catalysts are available that enable a plethora of olefin metathesis reactions. Nevertheless, with the exception of uses in polymerization reactions, only a limited number of industrial processes use olefin metathesis. This is mainly due to difficulties associated with removing ruthenium from the final products. In this context, a number of studies have been carried out to develop procedures for the removal of the catalyst or the products of catalyst decomposition, however, none are universally attractive so far. This situation has resulted in tremendous activity in the area dealing with supported or tagged versions of homogeneous catalysts. This Review summarizes the numerous studies focused on developing cleaner ruthenium‐catalyzed metathesis processes.