“…Valence bond structures for the generation of active catalyst species 5 and 17 using trans-1 and cis-1 as catalyst precursors, respectively. Path I: trans-1, 2, 3, 5; Path II: trans-1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 5; Path III: cis-1, 10, 11, 12, 5; Path IV: cis-1, 10,11,13,14,15,5;10,13,14,15,16,17;10,13,14,18,19,22 or 23,17. Structures in grey could not be localised.…”