Carbonyl‐olefin metathesis reactions have emerged as an invaluable strategy for the direct formation of carbon–carbon bonds, enabling the efficient construction of complex molecular architectures.

Olefin metathesis is already regarded as an important way to make carbon-carbon bonds, but the reaction could become even more practical, thanks to a new, highly active, water-soluble catalyst. In ...

A patent dispute playing out in a U.S. court pits the discovery of 2005 Nobel Prize winner Robert H. Grubbs of Caltech and coworkers against a prominent chemical firm and Technical University of ...

Scientists have developed a new iron-based catalyst that improves the typically low hydrogen atom economy (HAE) in the direct synthesis of olefins—small hydrocarbon molecules. It converts the water ...

Representation of the new-to-nature olefin metathesis reaction in E. coli using a ruthenium-based artificial metalloenzyme to produce novel high-added-value chemicals. [NCCR Molecular Systems ...

Some transition-metal catalysts control organic reactions so that, given a choice of two mirror-image products, only one forms. The metal atom in these catalysts has been ignored as a source of ...

Researchers have created an iron catalyst that can facilitate important chemical reactions in place of the current catalyst, which is made from precious metals. A catalyst is a key ingredient for many ...

Optimizing formulation and API synthesis is critical for product success. Technology providers advance chemocatalysis for olefin metathesis and asymmetric reactions in API synthesis. And ...

A catalyst is a key ingredient for many chemical reactions. It facilitates a molecule to change into another molecule, without being changed itself, meaning it can be used multiple times. However, ...