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. 2000 Sep 1;39(17):3012-3043.

Olefin Metathesis and Beyond A list of abbreviations can be found at the end of this article

A Fürstner  1
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Olefin Metathesis and Beyond A list of abbreviations can be found at the end of this article

A Fürstner. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. .

Abstract

The advent of well-defined catalysts for olefin metathesis which combine high activity, durability, and excellent tolerance towards polar functional groups has revolutionized the field. The past decade has seen the rapid embrace of these reagents as tools for advanced organic and polymer chemistry and the success of this development is witnessed by a plethora of elegant applications to the synthesis of natural and nonnatural products. This review article provides an overview of these developments and intends to familiarize the reader with some very recent advances which hold the promise to expand the scope of the reaction even further. Moreover, the positive impact of metathesis on the fundamental logic of retrosynthetic planning is demonstrated by means of typical examples. Finally, it will be shown that metathesis is by no means restricted to alkenes as substrates, and some comments on metathesis reactions following unconventional mechanistic pathways will also be presented.

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