The fascinating story of olefin (or alkene) metathesis (eq 1) began almost five decades ago,
when Anderson and Merckling reported the first carbonrcarbon double-bond rearrangement …

The chemistry of vinylidene complexes displays a representative example of how highly
reactive, short-lived organic molecules may be effectively stabilized by coordination to …

This first handbook to focus solely on the application of N-heterocyclic carbenes in synthesis
covers metathesis, organocatalysis, oxidation and asymmetric reactions, along with …

A quantitative structure− activity relationship (QSAR) model is presented in which both the
independent and dependent (response) variables are derived from density functional theory …

A detailed overview on the synthesis of four-, five-and six-membered, saturated and
unsaturated N-heterocyclic carbenes used in the preparation of their corresponding …

Metallaaromatics constitute a unique class of aromatic compounds where one or more
transition metal elements are incorporated into the aromatic system, the parent of which is …

Vinylideneruthenium complexes with the general formula [RuCl2 (= C= CHR) L2](L= PPr3i,
PCy3, etc.) have been found to serve as good catalyst precursors with high efficiencies for …

This review focuses on the tautomerization mechanism between alkynes and vinylidene
units taking place in the coordination sphere of transition metal fragments. Reactions of …

The allenylidene− ruthenium complexes [(η6-arene) RuCl (CC CR2)(PR '3)] OTf (R2= Ph;
fluorene, Ph, Me; PR '3= PCy3, PiPr3, PPh3)(OTf= CF3SO3) on protonation with HOTf at …

The synthesis of various Schiff base mononuclear and binuclear ruthenium complexes,
whose additional ligands around the metal core have been selected from an array of motifs …