Microwave-Accelerated Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis

Abstract
Microwave heating is an efficient method for the acceleration of ring-closing metathesis reactions using ruthenium-based catalysts. The reaction can be rapidly conducted in either ionic liquids, such as 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmim), or in a microwave transparent solvent (MTS) such as dichloromethane.

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