Unusual stereoselectivities in olefin metathesis
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 8,p. 341-342
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39780000341
Abstract
The stereoselectivity of metathesis of various olefins (cis- or trans-RCHCHMe) decreases with increasing bulk of the R groups; this corresponds to an increased randomness of the various modes of olefin co-ordination to the metallo-carbene intermediate.Keywords
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