Continuous Additive Manufacturing using Olefin Metathesis
Jeffrey C. Foster, Adam W. Cook, Nicolas T. Monk, Brad H. Jones, Leah N. Appelhans, Erica M. Redline, Samuel C. Leguizamon*
Adv Sci 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202200770

Highly Substrate-Selective Macrocyclic Ring Closing Metathesis
Ravindra S. Phatake, Noy B. Nechmad, Ofer Reany,* and N. Gabriel Lemcoff*
Adv Synth Catal 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202101515

Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Bearing a Macrocyclic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Improved Stability and Activity
Wioletta Kosnik, Dawid Lichosyt, Marcin Sniezek, Angelika Janaszkiewicz, Krzysztof Wozniak, Maura Malinska, Bartosz Trzaskowski, Anna Kajetanowicz,* Karol Grela*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2022 e202201472
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202201472

Catalytic Decomposition of Long-Chain Olefins to Propylene via Isomerization-Metathesis Using Latent Bicyclic(Alkyl)(Amino)Carbene-Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts
Márton Nagyházi, Ádám Lukács, Gábor Turczel, Jeno Hancsók, József Valyon, Attila Bényei, Sándor Kéki, and Robert Tuba*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2022 e202204413
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202204413

Tandem Macrolactone Synthesis: Total Synthesis of (-)-Exiguolide by a Macrocyclization/Transannular Pyran Cyclization Strategy
Daichi Mizukami, Kei Iio, Mami Oda, Yu Onodera, Prof. Dr.Haruhiko Fuwa*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202202549

Catalysis with cycloruthenated complexes
Michael T. Findlay, Pablo Domingo-Legarda, Gillian McArthur, Andy Yen and Igor Larrosa
Chem Sci 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SC06355C

Section 4 details recent advances in Z-selective olefin metathesis utilizing cyclometallated complexes

Stereocontrolled Acyclic Diene Metathesis Polymerization
Ting-Wei Hsu, Samuel Kempel, Alyssa Felix Thayne, Quentin Michaudel
ChemRxiv 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-3xq29

Testing diverse strategies for ruthenium catalyst removal after aqueous homogeneous olefin metathesis
Michal Patrzalek, Adam Zielinski, George Pasparakis, Maria Vamvakaki, Anna Ruszczynska, Ewa Bulska, Anna Kajetanowicz,* Karol Grela*
J Organometallic Chem 2022 122320
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2022.122320

Synthesis and characterization of poly(ethylene glycol) bottlebrush networks via ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Brandon R. Clarke, Gregory N. Tew
J Polym Sci 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210865

Fluorous Dispersion Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Sanghoon Song, Yohan Chang, Seung-Hwan Oh, Soyoon Kim, Seungsoo Choi, Seyoung Kim, Jin-Kyun Lee, Soo-Hyung Choi,* and Jeewoo Lim*
Macromolecules 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02315

Ionomers Based on Addition and Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerized 5-phenyl-2-norbornene as a Membrane Material for Ionic Actuators
Oleg S. Morozov*, Alexander V. Babkin, Anna V. Ivanchenko, Svetlana S. Shachneva, Sergey S. Nechausov, Dmitry A. Alentiev, Maxim V. Bermeshev, Boris A. Bulgakov and Alexey V. Kepman
Membranes 2022 12 316
https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12030316

Hydrophobic and antifouling modification of graphene oxide with functionalized polynorbornene by surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Xiaoxue Lin, Jianjun Shi, Zaifeng Shi and Satomi Niwayama
New J Chem 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ05935A

Synthesis and catalysis of a Z-stereoretentive ruthenium carbene catalyst chelated by 2,4,5,7-tetrachloro-1,8-dimercaptonaphthalene for olefin metathesis
Huiqing Zhang, Jiaren Zhang, Peng Ma, Tao Wang* and Jianhui Wang*
New J Chem 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ00025C

E-Selective Ring-Closing Metathesis in alpha-Helical Stapled Peptides Using Carbocyclic alpha, alpha-Disubstituted alpha-Amino Acids
Atsushi Ueda,* Yui Makura, Sana Kakazu, Takuma Kato, Tomohiro Umeno, Kazuhiro Hirayama, Mitsunobu Doi, Makoto Oba, and Masakazu Tanaka*
Org Lett 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04256

Asymmetric Formal Synthesis of (-)-Swainsonine from Chiral-Pool Precursors d-Mannose and d-Arabinose
Anphisa Lamor, Suwanan Uipanit, Sujitra Yakhampom, Paiboon Ngernmeesri, Ngampong Kongkathip, Boonsong Kongkathip, Nutthawat Chuanopparat*
Synlett 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1737335

Chiron Approach for the Total Synthesis of Brevipolide M
Yang Liu, Ziyang Zhao, Chao Hu, Chuanfang Zhao, Jun Liu, Yuguo Du
Synlett 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1730-9857

Heteroatom-Tethered omega-Alkenylallylboronates: Stereoselective Synthesis of Heterocyclic Derived Alcohols
Francisco Garnes-Portolés, Rubén Miguélez, Matthew N. Grayson, Pablo Barrio
Synthesis 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1719890

Toward E-selective Olefin Metathesis: Computational Design and Experimental Realization of Ruthenium Thio-Indolate Catalysts
Immanuel Reim, Giovanni Occhipinti, Karl W. Törnroos, Deryn E. Fogg, Vidar R. Jensen
Topics in Catalysis 2022, 65, 448–461
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-021-01468-3

Enantioselective Synthesis of Oxazaborolidines by Palladium-Catalyzed N-H/B-H Double Activation of 1,2-Azaborines
Taiki Morita, Hiroki Murakami, Yasunobu Asawa, Hiroyuki Nakamura*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202113558

An Orthogonal Dynamic Covalent Polymer Network with Distinctive Topology Transformations for Shape- and Molecular Architecture Reconfiguration
Wusha Miao, Bo Yang, Binjie Jin, Chujun Ni, Haijun Feng, Yaoting Xue, Ning Zheng, Qian Zhao, Youqing Shen, Tao Xie*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202109941

Catalysis-Enabled Concise and Stereoselective Total Synthesis of the Tricyclic Prostaglandin D2 Metabolite Methyl Ester
Hunter S. Sims, Pedro de Andrade Horn, Ryota Isshiki, Melissa Lim, Dr. Yan Xu, Prof. Dr. Robert H. Grubbs, Prof. Dr. Mingji Dai*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202115633

Metal-Catalyzed Organic Reactions by Resonant Acoustic Mixing
Lori Gonnet, Cameron B Lennox, Jean-Louis Do, Ivani Malvestiti, Stefan G Koenig, Karthik Nagapudi, Tomislav Friscic*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202115030

Highly Efficient Biobased Synthesis of Acrylic Acid
Johannes G. H. Hermens, Andries Jensma, and Ben L. Feringa*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2022 61 e202112618
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202112618

Pillararene-containing polymers with tunable fluorescence properties based on host–guest interactions†
Yue Wu, Hongyu Qin, Jun Shen, Hequn Li, Xiaotao Shan, Meiran Xie* and Xiaojuan Liao*
Chem Commun 2022 58 581-584
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC05962A

Olefin Metathesis in Confinement: Towards Covalent Organic Framework Scaffolds for Increased Macrocyclization Selectivity
Sebastian T. Emmerling, Felix Ziegler, Felix R. Fischer, Roland Schoch, Matthias Bauer, Bernd Plietker, Michael R. Buchmeiser, and Bettina Valeska Lotsch
Chem Eur J 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202104108

Employing Photosensitizers for Rapid Olefin Metathesis Additive Manufacturing of Poly(dicyclopentadiene)
Samuel C. Leguizamon, Adam W. Cook, and Leah N. Appelhans*
Chem Mater 2021 33 24 9677-9689
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03298

Ruthenium Complex Bearing a Hydroxy Group Functionalised N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand – A Universal Platform for Synthesis of Tagged and Immobilised Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis
Dr. Louis Monsigny, Dr. Stefan Czarnocki, Dr. Michal Sienkiewicz, Dr. William Kopcha, René Frankfurter, Prof. Dr. Carla Vogt, Dr. Wladimir Solodenko, Dr. Anna Kajetanowicz, Prof. Dr. Andreas Kirschning, Prof. Dr. Karol Grela
Eur J Org Chem 2021 46 6424-6434
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202101092

Highly Active Cross-Metathesis of Tetrafluoroethylene with a Seven-Membered N?Heterocyclic-Carbene?Ruthenium Catalyst
Kenta Mori, Midori Akiyama,* Ko Inada, Yutaka Imamura, Yuichiro Ishibashi, Yusuke Takahira,
Kyoko Nozaki,* and Takashi Okazoe
J Am Chem Soc 2021 143 49 20980-20987
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10574

Total Synthesis of the Acetyl CoA Carboxylase Inhibitor Soraphen A: Asymmetric Tsuji Reduction Enables Successive Olefin Metathesis
Tabitha T. Schempp and Michael J. Krische*
J Am Chem Soc 2022 144 2 1016–1022
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c12063

Methylene Capping Facilitates Cross-Metathesis Reactions of Enals: A Short Synthesis of 7-Methoxywutaifuranal from the Xylochemical Isoeugenol
Kajsa Lood, Triin Tikk, Mandy Krüger and Bernd Schmidt*
J Org Chem 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02851

Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by a Hoveyda–Grubbs-like Complex Chelated to Bis(2-mercaptoimidazolyl) Methane: A Predictive DFT Study
J. Pablo Martínez* and Bartosz Trzaskowski*
J Phys Chem A 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09336

Controlling Properties and Functions of Polymer Gels Using Photochemical Reactions
Jingning Cao, Dachuan Zhang, Yang Zhou, Qijin Zhang, Si Wu
Macromol Rapid Comm 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202100703

Utilizing photoinduced metathesis as a reversible photoreaction in photoresponsive gels is discussed.

Enantioselective “clip-cycle” synthesis of di-, tri- and spiro-substituted tetrahydropyrans†
Khadra Alomari, N. Sai Pavan Chakravarthy, Bastien Duchadeau, Kristaps Ermanis* and Paul A. Clarke*
Org Biomol Chem 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2OB00023G

Assembly of Catechol-Modified Polymer Brushes for Drug Delivery
Kaijie Zhao, Zhiliang Gao, Dongpo Song, Peiyu Zhang and Jiwei Cui
Polym Chem 2022 13 373-378
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1PY00947H

Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization Initiator Design for the Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers
Christine M. Morrison, Matthew R. Golder*
Synlett 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1737802

Relay ring-closing metathesis strategies towards the synthesis of the ABC tricycle of Taxol
Andrea Ojeda-Porras, Rémi Aouzal, Claire Wilson, Joëlle Prunet*
Tetrahedron 2022 ASAP
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2022.132630

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Comparison of the Spectroscopically Measured Catalyst Transformation and Electrochemical Properties of Grubbs’ First- and Second-Generation Catalysts
Marthinus R. Swart, Charlene Marais, and Elizabeth Erasmus*
ACS Omega 2021 6 43 28642-28653

Olefin Metathesis in Continuous Flow Reactor Employing Polar Ruthenium Catalyst and Soluble Metal Scavenger for Instant Purification of Products of Pharmaceutical Interest
Ren Wei Toh, Michał Patrzałek, Tomasz Nienałtowski, Jakub Piątkowski, Anna Kajetanowicz,* Jie Wu,* and Karol Grela*
ACS Sustainable Chem Eng 2021 ASAP

A Modular Approach to the Antifungal Sphingofungin Family: Concise Total Synthesis of Sphingofungin A and C
Luka Raguž, Chia-Chi Peng, Marcel Kaiser, Helmar Görls, and Christine Beemelmanns*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Bulky Cyclometalated Ruthenium Nitrates for Challenging Z-Selective Metathesis: Efficient One-Step Access to α-Oxygenated Z-Olefins from Acrylates and Allyl Alcohols
Yan Xu, Quan Gan, Adrian E. Samkian, Jeong Hoon Ko, Robert H. Grubbs*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Sequential Metal Catalysis towards 7-Oxostaurosporine and Its Non-Natural Septanose Analogue
Kyeongdeok Seo, Seok Hyeon Jang, Prof. Young Ho Rhee*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Redox-Active Heteroatom-Functionalized Polyacetylenes
Bruno T. Luppi, Abhishek V. Muralidharan, Nils Ostermann, I T. Cheong, Michael J. Ferguson, Inke Siewert, Eric Rivard*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Indole Diterpenes Paspalicine, Paspalinine, and Paspalinine-13-ene
Lian-Dong Guo, Zejun Xu, and Rongbiao Tong*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of a Macrobicyclic Olefin Bearing a Sacrificial Silyloxide Bridge
Zhen Yu, Meng Wang, Xu-Man Chen, Shuai Huang, and Hong Yang*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

The first one-pot metathesis–hydroformylation procedure: a straight synthesis of 2-arylpropanals from renewable 1-propenylbenzenes
Jesus Alberto Avendaño Villarreal, Fábio Godoy Delolo, Artur Vicari Granato, Elena Vitalievna Gusevskaya, Eduardo Nicolau dos Santos*
Catal Sci Technol 2021 ASAP

Total Synthesis and Structural Assignment of (-)-Fusaequisin A
Ann-Christin Schmidt and Martin Hiersemann*
Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP

Mechanochemical Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Development, Scope, and Mechano-Only Copolymer Synthesis
Gue Seon Lee, Hyo Won Lee, Hyun Sub Lee, Taeyang Do, Jean-Louis Do, Jeewoo Lim, Tomislav Friščić,* and Jeung Gon Kim*
ChemRxiv 2021 ASAP

Syntheses of 6,7-Benzotropolone Using Ring-Closing Metathesis Variants, Which Circumvent a Strongly Acidic Hydrolysis in the Sequel
Philip Koblischek and Reinhard Brückner*
Eur J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

Backbone-Photodegradable Polymers by Incorporating Acylsilane Monomers via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Banruo Huang, Mufeng Wei, Emma Vargo, Yiwen Qian, Ting Xu, and F. Dean Toste*
J Am Chem Soc 2021 143 43 17920-17925

Cross-metathesis of Allenes. Mechanistic Analysis and Identification of a Ru-CAAC as the Most Effective Catalyst
Stella A. Gonsales, Zoé C. Mueller, Fengyue Zhao, Paulo H. S. Paioti, Lydia Karmazin, Jing Wan, Fang Liu,* K. N. Houk,* and Amir H. Hoveyda*
J Am Chem Soc 2021 ASAP

A Modular Approach to Angularly Fused Polyquinanes via Ring-Rearrangement Metathesis: Synthetic Access to Cameroonanol Analogues and the Basic Core of Subergorgic Acid and Crinipellin
Sambasivarao Kotha* and Ramakrishna Reddy Keesari
J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

A Fischer-Type Ruthenium Carbene Complex as a Metathesis Catalyst for the Synthesis of Enol Ethers
Xia-Lin Wang, Nicholas Yiching Chiang, Jian-Jhih Peng, Lei Yu, Li-Jun Xu, Hau-Ren Yang, Bih-Yaw Jin,* Pinglu Zhang,* Yu-Ying Lai,* Ze Li,* Guo-Qiao Lai,* and Tien-Yau Luh*
J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

Regio-Regular and Cross-Conjugated Poly(thienylene vinylene)s (rr-PTVs) through Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET)
Yousef M. Katba Bader, Chao Guan, and Yang Qin*
J Polym Sci 2021 ASAP

A versatile approach for the synthesis of degradable polymers via controlled ring-opening
metathesis copolymerization
John D. Feist, Daniel C. Lee, and Yan Xia*
Nature Chem 2021 ASAP

Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of a Very Latent Selenium-Chelated Ruthenium Benzylidene Olefin Metathesis Catalyst
Louis Monsigny,* Joel Cejas Sánchez, Jakub Piątkowski, Anna Kajetanowicz, and Karol Grela*
Organometallics 2021 40 21 3608-3616

Highly efficient Ru(II)–alkylidene based Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts for ring-closing metathesis reactions
Mariam Y. Al-Enezi, Elizabeth John, Yehia A. Ibrahim, and Nouria A. Al-Awadi*
RSC Adv 2021 11 37866

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This review documents two decades of challenging research into the metathesis of fluorinated alkenes.

Recent Advances in Transformations Involving Electron-Rich Alkenes: Functionalization, Cyclization, and Cross-Metathesis Reactions
Fei Zhou, Meng Li, Huanfeng Jiang, Wanqing Wu*
Adv Synth Catal 2021 ASAP

Section 4 of this review details successful ring-opening cross-metathesis reactions of electron-rich alkenes.

Metathesis Cascade-Triggered Depolymerization of Enyne Self-Immolative Polymers
Jingsong Yuan, Gavin J. Giardino, and Jia Niu*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Shagenes A and B
Chihiro Tsukano,* Ryotaro Yagita, Takayoshi Heike, Tagwa A. Mohammed, Kazuya Nishibayashi, Kazuhiro Irie, and Yoshiji Takemoto*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Overcoming the Low Driving Force in Forming Depolymerizable
Polymers through Monomer Isomerization
Hanlin Chen, Zhen Shi, Tze-Gang Hsu, and Junpeng Wang*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Predictive catalysis in olefin metathesis with Ru-based catalysts with annulated C60 fullerenes in the N-heterocyclic carbenes
Juan Pablo Martínez, Miquel Solà, Albert Poater*
Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP

Enantioselective Catalytic Crotylboration Based Syntheses of the C7-C18(20) Fragments of Polyketides Isolated from Streptomyces gramineus
Terézia Morávková, Eva Bednářová, Martin Kotora*
Helv Chim Acta 2021 ASAP

Sequential Diimination, Staudinger [2 + 2] Ketene-Imine Cycloaddition, and Ring-Closing Metathesis (RCM) Reactions: In Route to Bis(4-spiro-fused-β-lactams)-Based Macrocycles
Osama M. Habib, Asaad S. Mohamed, Yehia A. Ibrahim, and Nouria A. Al-Awadi*
J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

All-cis poly(p-phenylene vinylene)s with high molar masses and fast photoisomerization rates obtained through stereoretentive ring-opening metathesis polymerization of [2,2]paracyclophane dienes with various aryl substituents
Ting-Wei Hsu, Samuel J. Kempel, Quentin Michaudel*
J Polym Sci 2021 ASAP

Investigating the Stress-Strain Behavior in Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization-Based Brush Elastomers
Kyle Cushman, Andrew Keith, Joji Tanaka, Sergei S. Sheiko,* and Wei You*
Macromolecules 2021 54 8365-8371

Convergent Synthesis of Branched Metathesis Polymers with Enyne Reagents
Tianqi Zhang, Xuelin Sui, and Will R. Gutekunst*
Macromolecules 2021 54 8435-8442

Azobenzene-containing Alternating and Random Metathesis Copolymers toward Gaining More Insight into Photoisomerization Properties
Wei Song, Xiaotian Qu, Yadi Li, Juan Li, Chengshuang Wang, and Liang Ding*
Macromolecules 2021 54 9185-9194

Synthesis and characterization of a novel latent ring-opening metathesis polymerization catalyst
Ivan Sherstobitov, Stanislav Kiselev, Alex Lyapkov, Mekhman Yusubov*, Viktor Zhdankin*, Bao-YiYu, Francis Verpoort*
Tet Lett 2021 ASAP

Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Obolactones and 7′,8′-Dihydroobolactones
Deepak Saini, Praveen Kumar and Rodney A. Fernandes*
New J Chem 2021 ASAP

IMDAF approach to annelated 1,4:5,8-diepoxynaphthalenes and their metathesis reaction leading to novel scaffolds displaying an antiproliferative activity toward cancer cells
Elizaveta A. Kvyatkovskaya, Kseniya K. Borisova, Polina P. Epifanova, Aleksey A. Senin, Victor N. Khrustalev, Mikhail S. Grigoriev, Alexander S. Bunev, Rovshan E. Gasanov, Kirill B. Polyanskii, Fedor I. Zubkov*
New J Chem 2021 ASAP

One-shot synthesis of star gradient copolymers with controllable graft density
Cuiping Hou, Chulu Zhou, and Jianhua Cheng*
Polym Chem 2021 12 2651

Strained alkyne polymers capable of SPAAC via ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Rajeshwar Vasdev, Wilson Luo, Kyle Classen, Michael Anghel, Samantha Novoa, Mark S. Workentin*, and Joe. B. Gilroy*
Polym Chem 2021 12 5542-5547

Gradient Copolymer Prepared from Alternating Ring-Opening Metathesis of Three Monomers
Francis O. Boadi and Nicole S. Sampson*
Polym Chem 2021 12 5613-5622

Conversion of fatty acid methyl esters into dibasic esters by metathesis and their lubricant properties
Jean-Luc Dubois, Jean-Luc Couturier, Svajus Joseph Asadauskas,* Linas Labanauskas, Dalia Brazinskiene and Rolf Blaauw
RSC Adv 2021 11 31030

Development of highly gas-permeable polymers by metathesis copolymerization of 1-(p-trimethylsilyl) phenyl-1-propyne with tert-butyl and silyl groupcontaining diphenylacetylenes
Yi Lin, Jianrong Dong, Toshikazu Sakaguchi* and Tamotsu Hashimoto
RSC Adv 2021 11 32419

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Fatty Acids and their Derivatives as Renewable Platform
Molecules for the Chemical Industry
Ursula Biermann, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Ivo Feussner, Michael A. R. Meier,* and Jgrgen O. Metzger
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 60 20144-20165

Section 3.2.6 summarizes the past 10 years of unsaturated fatty compound metathesis (self-metathesis, ethenolysis, alkenolysis, and isomerizing metathesis).

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Mannolide C
Qiaoqiao Ao, Hai-Jun Zhang, Jinbin Zheng, Xiaoming Chen,* and Hongbin Zhai*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Metathesis Cascade-Triggered Depolymerization of Enyne Self-Immolative Polymers
Jingsong Yuan, Gavin J. Giardino, and Jia Niu*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Shagenes A and B
Chihiro Tsukano*, Ryotaro Yagita, Takayoshi Heike, Tagwa A. Mohammed, Kazuya Nishibayashi, Kazuhiro Irie, and Yoshiji Takemoto*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Acrylic boronate: a multifunctional C3 building block for catalytic synthesis of rare organoborons and chemoselective heterobifunctional ligations
Shengjia Lin, Lucia Wang and Abhishek Sharma*
Chem Sci 2021 12 7924

One-Pot Synthesis of Thiocarbamates
Kevin A. Waibel, Dennis Barther, Triantafillia Malliaridou, Dafni Moatsou, and Michael A. R. Meier*
Eur J Org Chem 2021 4508-4516

Calculations on the Ruthenium-Catalyzed Diene and Dienyne Ring-Closing Metathesis Reactions in the Synthesis of Taxol Derivatives
Samantha Brooks, Georgina Charlton, Aurélien Letort, Joëlle Prunet,* and Götz Bucher
J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

Water-Stable Thin-Film Nanostructures from Amphiphilic Cationic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers by Grafting-through Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Hathaithep Senkum, Peter V. Kelly, and William M. Gramlich*
Macromolecules 2021 ASAP

Investigating the effect of α-pinene on the ROMP of δ-pinene
Mark R. Yarolimek, Brianna M. Coia, Heather R. Bookbinder and Justin G. Kennemur*
Polym Chem 2021 ASAP

Highly photoluminescent poly(norbornene)s carrying platinum–acetylide complex moieties in their side chains: evaluation of oxygen sensing and TTA–UC
Taichi Sotani, Toshiko Mizokuro, Tatsuo Yajima, Hiromitsu Sogawa and Fumio Sanda*
Polym Chem 2021 ASAP

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Near-Infrared Emitting Boron Difluoride Curcuminoid-Based Polymers Exhibiting Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence as Biological Imaging Probes
Nathan R. Paisley, Sarah V. Halldorson, Michael V. Tran, Rupsa Gupta, Saeid Kamal, W.
Russ Algar,* and Zachary M. Hudson*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Continuous Flow Z-stereoselective Olefin Metathesis: Development and Applications in the Synthesis of Pheromones and Macrocyclic Odorant Molecules
Jennifer Morvan, Tom McBride, Idriss Curbet, Sophie Colombel-Rouen, Thierry Roisnel, Christophe Crévisy, Duncan L. Browne* and Marc Mauduit*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Neutral Unsymmetrical Coordinated Cyclophane Polymerization Catalysts
Eva Schiebel, Maria Voccia, Laura Falivene, Inigo Göttker-Schnetmann, Lucia Caporaso,* and Stefan Mecking*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Total Synthesis of (+)-3-Deoxyfortalpinoid F, (+)-Fortalpinoid A, and (+)-Cephinoid H
Zhiqiang Ren, Zhongliu Sun, Yifei Li, Xin Fan, Mingda Dai, Yunxia Wang, and Xiangdong Hu*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

An Ortho-Tetraphenylene-Based «Geländer»-Architecture Consisting Exclusively of 52 sp² Hybridized C-Atoms
Hervé Dekkiche, Juraj Malinčik, Alessandro Prescimone, Daniel Häussinger and Marcel Mayor*
Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP

Bimolecular Coupling in Olefin Metathesis: Correlating Structure and Decomposition for Leading and Emerging Ruthenium-Carbene Catalysts
Daniel L. Nascimento, Marco Foscato, Giovanni Occhipinti, Vidar R. Jensen,* and Deryn E. Fogg*
J Am Chem Soc 2021 ASAP

Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cyclic Allenes
Geonhui Park and Christopher W. Bielawski*
Macromolecules 2021 ASAP

Olefin metathesis-based chemically recyclable polymers enabled by fused-ring monomers
Devavrat Sathe, Junfeng Zhou, Hanlin Chen, Hsin-Wei Su, Wei Xie, Tze-Gang Hsu,
Briana R. Schrage, Travis Smith, Christopher J. Ziegler and Junpeng Wang
Nature Chem 2021 13 743-750

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Nitro and Other Electron Withdrawing Group Activated Ruthenium Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis Reactions
Anna Kajetanowicz* and Karol Grela*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 60 13738–13756

Metathesis precatalysts activated by electron withdrawing groups and their uses in a variety of applications are reviewed.

Neutral Unsymmetrical Coordinated Cyclophane Polymerization Catalysts
Eva Schiebel, Maria Voccia, Laura Falivene, Inigo Göttker-Schnetmann, Lucia Caporaso,* Stefan Mecking*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Enantioselective Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Sanglifehrin A and B and Analogs
Chia-Fu Chang, Hope A. Flaxman, Christina M. Woo*
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Total Synthesis and Bioactivity Mapping of Geodiamolide H
Veselin Nasufović, Florian Küllmer, Johanna Bößneck, Hans-Martin Dahse, Helmar
Görls, Peter Bellstedt, Pierre Stallforth, and Hans-Dieter Arndt*
Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP

Mechanically Interlocked Chiral Self-templated [2]catenanes from 2,6-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine (btp) Ligands
Eoin P. McCarney,* June I. Lovitt and Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson*
Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP

Effect of metallosupramolecular polymer concentration on the synthesis of poly[n] catenanes
Marissa M. Tranquilli, Qiong Wu and Stuart J. Rowan*
Chem Sci 2021 ASAP

Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (-)-Dehydrocostus Lactone by Domino Metathesis
Felix Kaden, Susanne Nowotni, Franziska Höfner, Melanie Lorenz, André Barthel, Anne Jäger, Felix Hennersdorf, Jan J. Weigand, and Peter Metz*
Eur J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

Synthesis and racemization studies of winding vine-shaped biphenyl derivatives
Masayasu Hayashi, Jiaqiang Cheng, Kohei Hosokawa, Takumi Hatta, Chi-Hsien Wang, Masaki Horie, Kentaro Okano, Atsunori Mori*
Eur J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

Enantiopure 2,9-Dideuterodecane – Preparation and Proof of Enantiopurity
Nico Mitschke, Gülsera Eruçar, Miriam H. Fsadni, Amy R. Roberts, Majid M. Sadeghi, Bernard T. Golding,* Jens Christoffers,* Heinz Wilkes*
Eur J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

Crosslinked Polydicyclopentadiene Nanoparticles via Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly Approach
Honggang Mei, Bingjie Zhao, Huaming Wang, and Sixun Zheng*
Macromol Rapid Commun 2021 ASAP

Survey of Catalysts for Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Benjamin A. Suslick, Katherine J. Stawiasz, Justine E. Paul, Nancy R. Sottos, and Jeffrey S. Moore*
Macromolecules 2021 54 11 5117-5123

Routes to High-Performing Ruthenium-Iodide Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis: Ligand Lability Is Key to Efficient Halide Exchange
Christian O. Blanco, Daniel L. Nascimento, and Deryn E. Fogg*
Organometallics 2021 ASAP

Modular synthesis of non-conjugated N-(quinolin-8-yl) alkenyl amides via cross metathesis
Hui-Qi Ni, Zi-Qi Li, Van T. Tran, Keary M. Engle*
Tetrahedon 2021 ASAP

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Fatty Acids and their Derivatives as Renewable Platform Molecules for the Chemical Industry
Ursula Biermann, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Ivo Feussner, Michael A. R. Meier,* and Jürgen O. Metzger
Angew Chem Int Ed 2021 ASAP

Section 3.2.6 of this review details the advances in vegetable/animal fat and oil metathesis over the past decade.

DNA–polymer conjugates via the graft-through polymerisation of native DNA in water
Lucy A. Arkinstall, Jonathan T. Husband, Thomas R. Wilks, Jeffrey C. Foster* and Rachel K. O’Reilly*
Chem Commun 2021 ASAP

Acrylic boronate: A multifunctional C3 building block for catalytic synthesis of rare organoborons and chemoselective heterobifunctional ligations
Shengjia Lin, Lucia Wang and Abhishek Sharma*
Chem Sci 2021 ASAP

Continuous Flow Z-stereoselective Olefin Metathesis: Development and
Applications in the Synthesis of Pheromones and Macrocyclic Odorant Molecules
Jennifer Morvan, Tom McBride, Idriss Curbet, Sophie Colombel-Rouen, Thierry Roisnel, Christophe Crévisy, Duncan L. Browne, Marc Mauduit*
ChemRxiv 2021 ASAP

A Cyclic Ruthenium Benzylidene Initiator Platform Enhances Reactivity for Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization
Teng-Wei Wang, Pin-Ruei Huang, Jayme L. Chow, Werner Kaminsky, and Matthew R. Golder*
J Am Chem Soc 2021 ASAP

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Light-Driven gem-Hydrogenation: An Orthogonal Entry into “Second Generation” Ruthenium Carbene Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis
Raphael J. Zachmann, and Alois Fürstner*
Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP

Oxanorbornenes: promising new single addition monomers for the metathesis polymerization
Subhajit Pal, Mahshid Alizadeh, Phally Kong and Andreas F. M. Kilbinger*
Chem Sci 2021 ASAP

Multimodule Assembly Strategy for Diverted Total Synthesis and Stereochemical Determination of Laingolide A and Laingolide
Chengsen Cui, Yecai Lai, Wei-Min Dai*
ChemRxiv 2021 ASAP

A Close-to-Aromatize Approach for the Late-Stage Functionalization via Ring Closing Metathesis
Boris Lozhkin, Thomas R. Ward*
Helv Chim Acta 2021 ASAP

Functionalization and metathesis polymerization induced self-assembly of an alternating copolymer into giant vesicles
Wei Song,* Jiamin Shen and Xiang Li
RSC Adv 2021 11 15153

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Section 3.2.6 of this review details the last decade of olefin metathesis aided advances in the chemistry of natural oils and fats

Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Spiro-β-Lactams and Spiro-δ-Lactams
Nuno G. Alves, Américo J. S. Alves, Maria I. L. Soares, Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo*
Adv Synth Catal 2021 ASAP

Advances since 2015 in ring-closing metathesis based preparation of both spiro-β-lactams (spiroazetidin-2-ones) and spiro-δ-lactams (spiropiperidon-2-ones) are reported in section 3.1.2 of this review.

Access to Trisubstituted Fluoroalkenes by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cross-Metathesis
Augustin Nouaille, Xavier Pannecoucke, Thomas Poisson, and Samuel Couve-Bonnaire*
Adv Synth Catal 2021 ASAP

Multi-Catalytic Approach to One-Pot Stereoselective Synthesis of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols
Alessandra Casnati, Dawid Lichosyt, Bruno Lainer, Lukas Veth, and Paweł Dydio*
ChemRxiv 2021

Function-Oriented and Modular (+/-)-cis-Pseudoguaianolide Synthesis: Discovery of New Nrf2 Activators and NF-κB Inhibitors
Fabien Emmetiere, Ranjala Ratnayake, Henry A. M. Schares, Katherine F. M. Jones, Emily Bevan–Smith, Hendrik Luesch,* Daniel A. Harki,* and Alexander J. Grenning*
Chem Eur J 2021 ASAP

Olefin metathesis, p-Cresol and the Second Generation Grubbs Catalyst: Fitting the Pieces
Marthinus R. Swart, Linette Twigge, Elizabeth Erasmus, Charlene Marais* and Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt*
Eur J Inorg Chem 2021 ASAP

A diversity-oriented approach to large libraries of artificial macrocycles
Dr. Serhii H. Kharchenko, Anna D. Iampolska, Dr. Dmytro S. Radchenko, Bohdan V. Vashchenko, Prof. Dr. Zoia V. Voitenko, Dr. Oleksandr O. Grygorenko*
Eur J Org Chem 2021 ASAP

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Norbornene-Based Monomers Obtained via the Passerini Three Component Reaction
Dennis Barther and Dafni Moatsou*
Macromol Rapid Commun 2021 ASAP

ROMP Synthesis of Side-Chain Ferrocene-Containing Polyelectrolyte and Its Redox-Responsive Hydrogels Showing Dramatically Improved Swelling with β-Cyclodextrin
Qiangjun Ling,* Fangchen Zhen, Didier Astruc,* and Haibin Gu
Macromol Rapid Commun 2021 ASAP

Periodically Functionalized Linear Polyethylene with Tertiary Amino Groups via Regioselective Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Toshiki Sonoda, Shingo Kobayashi,* and Masaru Tanaka*
Macromolecules 2021, 54, 2862-2872

Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Unsaturated Carbohydrate Derivatives: Levoglucosenyl Alkyl Ethers
Tapas Debsharma, Bernd Schmidt, André Laschewsky, and Helmut Schlaad*
Macromolecules 2021, 54, 2720-2728

High molar mass poly(ricinoleic acid) via entropydriven ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Ryohei Ogawa* and Marc A. Hillmyer*
Polym Chem 2021 ASAP

Precision ethylene-styrene copolymers through the ring opening metathesis polymerization of 3-phenyl cyclododecenes
Sebla Onbulak and Marc A. Hillmyer*
Polym Chem, 2021, 12, 1681

Polyolefin graft copolymers through a ring-opening metathesis grafting through approach
Huiqun Wang, Sebla Onbulak, Steven Weigand, Frank S. Bates* and Marc A. Hillmyer*
Polym Chem 2021 ASAP

Selective Ring Opening Allene Metathesis: Polymerization
or Ruthenium Vinylidene Formation
William J. Neary*, Yunyan Sun, Jeffrey S. Moore*
ChemRxiv 2021 ASAP

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