Highly selective catalyst developed for ring-closing olefin metathesis
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Research carried out at Boston College, in collaboration with scientists at MIT and the University of Oxford, has led to the development of an efficient and highly selective catalyst for ring-closing olefin metathesis, one of the most widely used reactions in chemical synthesis, the team reports in this week's issue of the journal Nature.