Handbook of Metathesis

Preface
CATALYST DEVELOPMENTS
Introduction
The Role of the "Tebbe Complex" in Olefin Metathesis
The Discovery and Development of High Oxidation State Mo and W Imido Alkylidene Complexes for Alkene Metathesis
From ill-defined to well-defined W alkylidene complexes
Discovery of Well-defined Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts
Synthesis of Ruthenium Carbene Complexes
Synthesis of Rhodium and Ruthenium Carbene Complexes with a 16-Electron Count
Mechanism of Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis Reactions
Intrinsic Reactivity of Ruthenium Carbenes
The Discovery and Development of High Oxidation State Alkylidyne Complexes for Alkyne Metathesis
Well-defined Metallocarbenes and Metallocarbynes Supported on Oxide Support prepared via Surface Organometallic Chemistry
APPLICATIONS IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS
Introduction
General Ring-Closing Metathesis
Catalytic Asymmetric Olefin Metathesis
Tandem RCM
Ene-Yne Metathesis
Ring Opening Cross Metathesis
Ring Expansion Metathesis Reactions
Olefin Cross-Metathesis
The Olefin Metathesis Reaction in Complex Molecule Construction
Applications of Ring Closing Metathesis to Alkaloid Synthesis
Radicicol and the Epothilones: Total Synthesis of Novel Anti Cancer Agents Using Ring Closing Metathesis
The Use of Olefin Metathesis in Combinatorial Chemistry: Supported and Chromatography-Free Syntheses
Metal-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis in Metal Coordination Spheres
Alkyne Metathesis
Metathesis of silicon-containing olefins
Commercial Applications of Ruthenium Metathesis Processes
POLYMER SYNTHESIS
Introduction
Living Ring-Opening Olefin Metathesis Polymerization
Synthesis of Copolymers
Conjugated polymers
Stereochemistry of ROMP
Syntheses and Applications of Bioactive Polymers Generated by the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)
Metathesis Polymerization: A Versatile Tool for the Synthesis of Surface-Functionalized Supports and Monolithic Materials
Telechelic Polymers from Olefin Metathesis Methodologies
ADMET Polymerization
Acyclic Diyne Metathesis Utilizing in Situ Transition Metal Catalysts: An Efficient Access to Alkyne-Bridged Polymers
Polymerization of Substituted Acetylenes
Commercial Applications

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