A simple aqueous metathesis reaction yields new lanthanide monothiophosphates

Metathesis of renewable raw materials—influence of ligands in the indenylidene type catalysts on self-metathesis of methyl oleate and cross-metathesis of methyl oleate with (Z)-2-butene-1,4-diol diacetate

“…In recent years, olefin metathesis has become a powerful tool in synthesizing unsaturated carbon-carbon double bonds. 1,2 Ring closing metathesis (RCM) 3 and ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) [4][5][6] are very useful in synthesis of natural products, [7][8][9][10] forming new materials 11,12 and polymers. 13,14 Great attention in recent years has been also devoted to cross-metathesis (CM) because of the possibility of creating olefins with different functional groups.…”

Fishing for the right catalyst for the cross-metathesis reaction of methyl oleate with 2-methyl-2-butene

“…With the discovery of well-defined ruthenium catalysts, olefin metathesis has become an irreplaceable tool in the synthesis of carbon-carbon double bonds. 1,2 Ring closing metathesis (RCM) 3,4 and ring opening metathesis polymerisation (ROMP) [5][6][7] are widely used in the large scale production of new materials, 8,9 complex polymeric compounds, 10,11 and various natural products, such as macrocyclic lactones with musk odor 12 or antibiotics. 13 Nonetheless, the greatest potential for the synthesis of the new compounds is related to utilization of the cross-metathesis (CM) reaction.…”