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Metathesis: from polymerization to the synthesis of complex molecules

Authors: Janine COSSY, Claude COMMANDEUR, Malgorzata COMMANDEUR

Publication date: July 10, 2012

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1. Olefin metathesis

As previously reported, as early as 1971, Y. Chauvin and J.L. Hérisson, , proposed a mechanism involving a metal-carbon that could act as a catalyst in the metathesis reaction between two monosubstituted olefins A and B (figure 1 ). While the steps in this mechanism are reversible, the release of an ethylene molecule into the reaction medium shifts the equilibrium towards the formation of olefin C.

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