“…For example, platinum Hsu et al, 1989;Bailar and Itatani, 1967), nickel (Bailar and Itatani, 1967) , rhodium (Basu and Kasar, 1986;Singer and Stein, 1972;, ruthenium (Ucciani, 1981Mukesh et al, (2), 1988Mukesh et al, , 1989Cecchi et al, , 1984Ucciani et al, 1983;Krompiec et al, 1997Krompiec et al, , 1998Sleeter, 1996), bimetallic nickel-ruthenium , chromium (Tucker and Riley, 1985;Frankel, 1970) and iron complexes (Frankel and Metlin, 1967) are known to catalyze such reactions. However, dimerization, polymerization and hydrogenation are troublesome side reactions, and in some instances separation of the catalyst at the end of the reaction is not feasible.…”