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Acc Chem Res. 2020 Oct 20;53(10):2456-2471. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00495. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Light-Activated Olefin Metathesis: Catalyst Development, Synthesis, and Applications.

Accounts of chemical research

Or Eivgi, Ravindra S Phatake, Noy B Nechmad, N Gabriel Lemcoff

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
  2. Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.

PMID: 32990427 PMCID: PMC7584343 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00495

Abstract

The most important means for tuning and improving a catalyst's properties is the delicate exchange of the ligand shell around the central metal atom. Perhaps for no other organometallic-catalyzed reaction is this statement more valid than for ruthenium-based olefin metathesis. Indeed, even the simple exchange of an oxygen atom for a sulfur atom in a chelated ruthenium benzylidene about a decade ago resulted in the development of extremely stable, photoactive catalysts. This Account presents our perspective on the development of dormant olefin metathesis catalysts that can be activated by external stimuli and, more specifically, the use of light as an attractive inducing agent.The insight gained from a deeper understanding of the properties of

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