Ruthenium Vinylidenes in the Catalysis of Carbocyclization

The most important discoveries in ruthenium catalysis are highlighted and innovative activation processes, some of which are still controversial, are presented in this volume. They illustrate the usefulness in organic synthesis of specific reactions including carbocyclization, cyclopropanation, olefin metathesis, carbonylation, oxidation, transformation of silicon containing substrates, and show novel reactions operating via vinylidene intermediates, radical processes, inert bonds activation as well as catalysis in water. 

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