Transition metal-carbene complexes in olefin metathesis and related reactions.

Grubbs, R. H.; Trnka, T. M.; Sanford, M. S. Transition metal-carbene complexes in olefin metathesis and related reactions. Current Methods in Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 3(Fundamentals of Molecular Catalysis), 187-231.

Abstract

A review; topics discussed include electronic structure, mechanism of carbonyl olefination, olefin cyclopropanation, and metathesis and catalysis. [on SciFinder(R)]