Robert H. Grubbs

Highly Active Metathesis Catalysts Generated In Situ from Inexpensive and Air-Stable Precursors J.L. acknowledges the National Institute of Health for a postdoctoral fellowship. We thank Christopher W. Bielawski for helpful discussions.

Synthesis of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Amides by Olefin Cross-Metathesis The authors would like to thank the National Institutes of Health for generous support of this research, and D. Benitez, C. Bielawski, Dr. S. D. Goldberg, Dr. C. W. Lee, J. P. Morgan, and M. S. Sanford for helpful discussions.

Olefin Metathesis with 1,1-Difluoroethylene This work was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. T.M.T. also acknowledges the U.S. Department of Defense for a NDSEG graduate fellowship. We thank L. M. Henling (Caltech) for contributions to the crystallography and M. S. Sanford (Caltech) for assistance with magnetization-transfer experiments.

Effects of Olefin Substitution on the Ring-Closing Metathesis of Dienes.

Asymmetric Ring-Closing Metathesis Catalyzed by Chiral Molybdenum Alkylidene Complexes.

A Highly Efficient and Practical Synthesis of Chromene Derivatives Using Ring-Closing Olefin Metathesis.

Synthesis of Catenane Structures via Ring-Closing Metathesis.

Selective ring opening cross metathesis of cyclooctadiene and trisubstituted cycloolefins.

Ring expansion via olefin metathesis.

Properties of vapor detector arrays formed through plasticization of carbon black-organic polymer composites.

Synthesis of symmetrical trisubstituted olefins by cross metathesis.

Ring closing metathesis in protic media by means of a neutral and polar ruthenium benzylidene complex.

Formal vinyl C[bond]H activation and allylic oxidation by olefin metathesis.

An "endless" route to cyclic polymers.

Synthesis of A,B-alternating copolymers by ring-opening-insertion-metathesis polymerization.

A practical and highly active ruthenium-based catalyst that effects the cross metathesis of acrylonitrile.

A one-pot cross-metathesis/allylboration reaction: a three-component coupling for the synthesis of functionalized homoallylic alcohols.

Synthesis and activity of ruthenium alkylidene complexes coordinated with phosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands.

Enhanced sensitivity to and classification of volatile carboxylic acids using arrays of linear poly(ethylenimine)-carbon black composite vapor detectors.

Controlled living ring-opening-metathesis polymerization by a fast-initiating ruthenium catalyst.

Synthesis of cyclic polybutadiene via ring-opening metathesis polymerization: the importance of removing trace linear contaminants.

Direct synthesis of soluble, end-functionalized polyenes and polyacetylene block copolymers.

Synthesis of functionalized vinyl boronates via ruthenium-catalyzed olefin cross-metathesis and subsequent conversion to vinyl halides.

Magic ring rotaxanes by olefin metathesis.

Synthesis, structure, and activity of enhanced initiators for olefin metathesis.

Synthesis of neutral nickel catalysts for ethylene polymerization--the influence of ligand size on catalyst stability.

Synthesis of polymer dielectric layers for organic thin film transistors via surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization.

Decomposition of a key intermediate in ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis reactions.

The exclusivity of multivalency in dynamic covalent processes.

A stable four-membered N-heterocyclic carbene.

Chemoselective construction of substituted conjugated dienes using an olefin cross-metathesis protocol.

Highly selective 1,3-isomerization of allylic alcohols via rhenium oxo catalysis.

Light-adjustable lens: development of in vitro nomograms.

Magic ring catenation by olefin metathesis.

Template-directed olefin cross metathesis.

A general model for selectivity in olefin cross metathesis.

Prevention of undesirable isomerization during olefin metathesis.

Highly active chiral ruthenium catalysts for asymmetric ring-closing olefin metathesis.

Highly active water-soluble olefin metathesis catalyst.

Self-assembly with block copolymers through metal coordination of SCS-Pd(II) pincer complexes and pseudorotaxane formation.

Olefin-metathesis catalysts for the preparation of molecules and materials (Nobel Lecture).

Model compounds of ruthenium-alkene intermediates in olefin metathesis reactions.

Rate acceleration in olefin metathesis through a fluorine-ruthenium interaction.

Rhenium-catalyzed 1,3-isomerization of allylic alcohols: scope and chirality transfer.

Highly active chiral ruthenium catalysts for asymmetric cross- and ring-opening cross-metathesis.

Monofunctional metathesis polymers via sacrificial diblock copolymers.

On the mechanism of the conversion of methanol to 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (triptane) over zinc iodide.

Template-directed one-step synthesis of cyclic trimers by ADMET.

Ruthenium metallacycles derived from 14-electron complexes. New insights into olefin metathesis intermediates.

Ruthenium-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis to form tetrasubstituted olefins.

Highly efficient ruthenium catalysts for the formation of tetrasubstituted olefins via ring-closing metathesis.

Efficient removal of ruthenium byproducts from olefin metathesis products by simple aqueous extraction.

New donor-acceptor materials based on random polynorbornenes bearing pendant phthalocyanine and fullerene units.

Light-adjustable lens: customizing correction for multifocality and higher-order aberrations.

Facile and E-selective intramolecular ring-closing metathesis reactions in 3(10)-helical peptides: a 3D structural study.

Decomposition of ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts.

Double C--H activation of an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand in a ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst.

Small-molecule N-heterocyclic-carbene-containing olefin-metathesis catalysts for use in water.

Bifunctional [c2]daisy-chains and their incorporation into mechanically interlocked polymers.

Bidentate N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene catalyst highly active in RCM of disubstituted dienes.

Enhanced selectivity in the conversion of methanol to 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (triptane) over zinc iodide by added phosphorous or hypophosphorous acid.

Synthesis and reactivity of olefin metathesis catalysts bearing cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes.

Hyperbranched macromolecules via olefin metathesis.

Conversion of methanol to 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (triptane) over indium(III) iodide.

The catalytic asymmetric total synthesis of elatol.

Increased efficiency in cross-metathesis reactions of sterically hindered olefins.

Well-defined liquid crystal gels from telechelic polymers.

Synthesis and activity of ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts coordinated with thiazol-2-ylidene ligands.

Ruthenium carbene complexes bearing an anionic carboxylate chelated to a hemilabile ligand.

Oxygen-atom transfer from carbon dioxide to a Fischer carbene at (PNP)Ir.

A facile preparation of imidazolinium chlorides.

Synthesis of fluorine-18 functionalized nanoparticles for use as in vivo molecular imaging agents.

Ruthenium-olefin complexes: effect of ligand variation upon geometry.

Olefin metathesis catalyst: stabilization effect of backbone substitutions of N-heterocyclic carbene.

Kinetic Selectivity of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes.

Ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts coordinated with unsymmetrical N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity.

End capping ring-opening olefin metathesis polymerization polymers with vinyl lactones.

Cyclic ruthenium-alkylidene catalysts for ring-expansion metathesis polymerization.

Conformations of N-heterocyclic carbene ligands in ruthenium complexes relevant to olefin metathesis.

A tandem approach to photoactivated olefin metathesis: combining a photoacid generator with an acid activated catalyst.

Ring-expansion metathesis polymerization: catalyst-dependent polymerization profiles.

Pulsed-addition ring-opening metathesis polymerization: catalyst-economical syntheses of homopolymers and block copolymers.

Well-defined silica-supported olefin metathesis catalysts.

A direct route to cyclic organic nanostructures via ring-expansion metathesis polymerization of a dendronized macromonomer.

Effects of NHC-backbone substitution on efficiency in ruthenium-based olefin metathesis.

A catalytic cycle for oxidation of tert-butyl methyl ether by a double C-H activation-group transfer process.

Late metal carbene complexes generated by multiple C-H activations: examining the continuum of M=C bond reactivity.

Switching and extension of a [c2]daisy-chain dimer polymer.

Arene-perfluoroarene interactions as physical cross-links for hydrogel formation.

Tunable, temperature-responsive polynorbornenes with side chains based on an elastin peptide sequence.

Carbenes as catalysts for transformations of organometallic iron complexes.

Efficient synthesis of narrowly dispersed brush copolymers and study of their assemblies: the importance of side chain arrangement.

Ruthenium-based heterocyclic carbene-coordinated olefin metathesis catalysts.

Low catalyst loadings in olefin metathesis: synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles by ring-closing metathesis.

Synthesis of a molecular charm bracelet via click cyclization and olefin metathesis clipping.

The Living ROMP of trans-Cyclooctene.

Nonproductive events in ring-closing metathesis using ruthenium catalysts.

A general enantioselective route to the chamigrene natural product family.

Monotelechelic Poly(oxa)norbornenes by Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization using Direct End-Capping and Cross Metathesis.

Insights into the carbene-initiated aggregation of [Fe(cot)(2)].

Synthesis and Structure of Fused N-Heterocylic Carbenes and Their Rhodium Complexes.

Core-clickable PEG-branch-azide bivalent-bottle-brush polymers by ROMP: grafting-through and clicking-to.

Ring-closing metathesis approaches for the solid-phase synthesis of cyclic peptoids.

Characterization and dynamics of substituted ruthenacyclobutanes relevant to the olefin cross-metathesis reaction.

Low pressure ethenolysis of renewable methyl oleate in a microchemical system.

Highly selective ruthenium metathesis catalysts for ethenolysis.

Drug-loaded, bivalent-bottle-brush polymers by graft-through ROMP.

Chelated ruthenium catalysts for Z-selective olefin metathesis.

Synthesis of Highly Stable 1,3-Diaryl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidenes and their Applications in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis.

Protonolysis of a ruthenium-carbene bond and applications in olefin metathesis.

Synthesis and direct imaging of ultrahigh molecular weight cyclic brush polymers.

Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing Carbohydrate-Based N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.

Z-selective homodimerization of terminal olefins with a ruthenium metathesis catalyst.

Probing the origin of degenerate metathesis selectivity via characterization and dynamics of ruthenacyclobutanes containing variable NHCs.

Primary alcohols from terminal olefins: formal anti-Markovnikov hydration via triple relay catalysis.

One-pot synthesis of polyrotaxanes via acyclic diene metathesis polymerization of supramolecular monomers.

EPR study of spin labeled brush polymers in organic solvents.

Radical-mediated anti-Markovnikov hydrophosphonation of olefins.

Improved ruthenium catalysts for Z-selective olefin metathesis.

Z-Selectivity in olefin metathesis with chelated Ru catalysts: computational studies of mechanism and selectivity.

Cis-selective ring-opening metathesis polymerization with ruthenium catalysts.

Thermally Stable, Latent Olefin Metathesis Catalysts.

Decomposition pathways of Z-selective ruthenium metathesis catalysts.

Electron transfer triggered by optical excitation of phenothiazine-tris(meta-phenylene-ethynylene)-(tricarbonyl)(bpy)(py)rhenium(I).

Cross metathesis assisted solid-phase synthesis of glycopeptoids.

Efficient and highly aldehyde selective Wacker oxidation.

Synthesis and cell adhesive properties of linear and cyclic RGD functionalized polynorbornene thin films.

Synthesis of isocyanate-based brush block copolymers and their rapid self-assembly to infrared-reflecting photonic crystals.

Rapid self-assembly of brush block copolymers to photonic crystals.

Precisely tunable photonic crystals from rapidly self-assembling brush block copolymer blends.

Concise syntheses of insect pheromones using Z-selective cross metathesis.

Stereoselective access to Z and E macrocycles by ruthenium-catalyzed Z-selective ring-closing metathesis and ethenolysis.

Highly active ruthenium metathesis catalysts exhibiting unprecedented activity and Z-selectivity.

Practical and general palladium-catalyzed synthesis of ketones from internal olefins.

Application of (1)H DOSY for Facile Measurement of Polymer Molecular Weights.

Light-triggered modulation of cellular electrical activity by ruthenium diimine nanoswitches.

Z-Selective ethenolysis with a ruthenium metathesis catalyst: experiment and theory.

Decorating metal oxide surfaces with fluorescent chlorosulfonated corroles.

Synthesis of highly cis, syndiotactic polymers via ring-opening metathesis polymerization using ruthenium metathesis catalysts.

Highly Z-selective and enantioselective ring-opening/cross-metathesis catalyzed by a resolved stereogenic-at-Ru complex.

Alkene chemoselectivity in ruthenium-catalyzed Z-selective olefin metathesis.

Regioselective Wacker oxidation of internal alkenes: rapid access to functionalized ketones facilitated by cross-metathesis.

Aldehyde-selective Wacker-type oxidation of unbiased alkenes enabled by a nitrite co-catalyst.

Highly ordered dielectric mirrors via the self-assembly of dendronized block copolymers.

Photolithographic olefin metathesis polymerization.

Investigations into Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts with Six-Membered Chelating NHC Ligands: Relationship between Catalyst Structure and Stereoselectivity.

Formal Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination of Terminal Olefins.

Catalyst-controlled Wacker-type oxidation: facile access to functionalized aldehydes.

Catalytic, enantioselective synthesis of 1,2-anti-diols by asymmetric ring-opening/cross-metathesis.

Carboxylate-assisted C(sp³)-H activation in olefin metathesis-relevant ruthenium complexes.

Palladium-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Dehydration of Fatty Acids for the Production of Linear Alpha Olefins.

Rapid access to β-trifluoromethyl-substituted ketones: harnessing inductive effects in Wacker-type oxidations of internal alkenes.

Cellular uptake and cytotoxicity of a near-IR fluorescent corrole-TiO2 nanoconjugate.

Z-Selective olefin metathesis on peptides: investigation of side-chain influence, preorganization, and guidelines in substrate selection.

Enantioselective olefin metathesis with cyclometalated ruthenium complexes.

Ru-Based Z-Selective Metathesis Catalysts with Modified Cyclometalated Carbene Ligands.

Improving brush polymer infrared one-dimensional photonic crystals via linear polymer additives.

Aerobic palladium-catalyzed dioxygenation of alkenes enabled by catalytic nitrite.

Targeted microbubbles: a novel application for the treatment of kidney stones.

Z-Selective Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts: Comparison of Nitrate and Nitrite X-type Ligands.

Cyclic alkyl amino carbene (CAAC) ruthenium complexes as remarkably active catalysts for ethenolysis.

Silylation of C-H bonds in aromatic heterocycles by an Earth-abundant metal catalyst.

Ruthenium-catalysed Z-selective cross metathesis of allylic-substituted olefins.