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Aqueous Olefin Metathesis

  1. Daniel Burtscher Dr.1,
  2. Karol Grela Prof. Dr.1,2

Article first published online: 21 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801451

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 48, Issue 3, pages 442–454, January 5, 2009

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Burtscher, D. and Grela, K. (2009), Aqueous Olefin Metathesis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 442–454. doi: 10.1002/anie.200801451

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  1. 1

    Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw (Poland), Fax: (+48) 22-632-6681 http://www.karolgrela.eu/

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw (Poland)

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 DEC 2008
  2. Article first published online: 21 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Received: 27 MAR 2008

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Keywords:

  • aqueous media;
  • homogeneous catalysis;
  • olefin metathesis;
  • ruthenium;
  • sustainable chemistry

Abstract

According to popular belief, oxygen and water are the natural enemies of organometallic reactions and therefore must be excluded rigorously from the reaction vessel. This belief is founded in the case of the highly reactive nucleophilic metal alkylidene complexes that were used in early catalytic olefin metathesis. However, owing to the high stability of the ruthenium carbene complexes introduced by Grubbs, metathesis in water has become reality.

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