title: Bidentate N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene catalyst highly active in RCM of disubstituted dienes.
abstract: The synthesis of a bidentate N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene from commercially available starting materials and its activity in ring-closing metathesis of functionalized disubstituted dienes at 30 degrees C is disclosed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories of Chemical Synthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph S M
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Samec
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Grubbs