Olefin metathesis is a versatile catalytic transformation in which pairs of carbon–carbon double bonds exchange substituents through metal–carbene intermediates. This reaction underpins key processes ...

Scientists who’ve lost sleep over the metathesis reaction’s preference for forming E olefins can finally catch some Zs—Z olefins, that is. Using specially designed molybdenum catalysts, chemists have ...

The Swedish academy's choice "confirms what is generally agreed upon in the synthetic chemistry community—that olefin metathesis is a very useful catalytic reaction that has a broad scope," comments ...

(Phys.org)—Olefin metathesis reactions where two allyls switch substituent groups, has proved to be a useful carbon-carbon bond forming reaction for drug discovery and other industrial processes. The ...

Using catalytic chemistry, researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have achieved dynamic control of artificial membranes, enabling life-like membrane behavior. By employing an artificial ...

Three organic chemists have scooped the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research that represents a “great step forward in green chemistry'”. Yves Chauvin at the French Petroleum Institute in ...