title: Sustainable concepts in olefin metathesis.
abstract: Ruthenium-catalyzed olefin metathesis reactions represent an attractive and powerful transformation for the formation of new carbon-carbon double bonds. This area is now quite familiar to most chemists as numerous catalysts are available that enable a plethora of olefin metathesis reactions. Nevertheless, with the exception of uses in polymerization reactions, only a limited number of industrial processes use olefin metathesis. This is mainly due to difficulties associated with removing ruthenium from the final products. In this context, a number of studies have been carried out to develop procedures for the removal of the catalyst or the products of catalyst decomposition, however, none are universally attractive so far. This situation has resulted in tremendous activity in the area dealing with supported or tagged versions of homogeneous catalysts. This Review summarizes the numerous studies focused on developing cleaner ruthenium-catalyzed metathesis processes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain. hclavier@iciq.es
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Clavier
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grela
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirschning
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mauduit
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Nolan
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D012428:Ruthenium