Metal carbene complexes in olefin metathesis

Grubbs, R. H., Trnka, T. M., Sanford, M. S. Transition metal-carbene complexes in olefin metathesis and related reactions. Current Methods in Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 3, 187-231. 

For discussions on pathways available for cyclopropanation, see (a) C. P. Casey, Metal-Carbene Complexes in Organic Synthesis, in Transition Metal Organometallics in Organic Synthesis, H. Alper, Ed, Academic Press New York, 1976, Vol. 1, pp. 189-233 (b) M. Brookhart and W. B. Studabaker, Chem. Rev., 1987, 87, 411 and (c) R. H. Grubbs, T. M. Trnka, and M. S. Sanford, Transition Metal-Carbene Complexes in Olefin Metathesis and Related Reactions, in Fundamentals of Molecular Catalysis, H. Kurosawa and A. Yamamoto, Eds, Elsevier Amsterdam, 2003, pp. 187-231. 

R. H. Grubbs, T. M. Tmka, and M. S. Sanford, Transition Metal-Carbene Complexes in Olefin Metathesis, in Fundamentals of Molecular Catalysis, H. Kurosawa and A. Yamamoto, Eds., Elsevier Amsterdam, 2003, pp. 187-193. 

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