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SUMMARY:Design and Applications of Selective Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis
DESCRIPTION:
 Robert H. Grubbs, the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins 
 Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry 
 and Chemical Engineering at the California 
 Institute of Technology will present: Design 
 and Applications of Selective Catalysts\n
 for 
 Olefin Metathesis\n
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 Olefin metathesis catalysts 
 have become one of the tools for the efficient 
 synthesis of complex molecules.  Until 
 recently, the catalysts demonstrated poor 
 catalyst controlled selectivity. Over the past 
 couple of years, complexes based on molybdenum, 
 tungsten and ruthenium have been discovered 
 that will produce olefins good to excellent 
 selectivity for the generation of Z olefins 
 both in cross and in ring closing metathesis. 
  New ligands have been developed that result 
 in different selectivities and open new applications 
 of metathesis in the synthesis of 
 an array of complex molecules.  \n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Chemistry\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.chemistry.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: Rebecca Townsend\n
 Contact phone: 517.355.9175 x345\n
 Contact email: townsend@chemistry.msu.edu\n
LOCATION:138 Chemistry Building
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