A tandem catalytic reaction has been developed as part of a process to discover tungsten-based olefin metathesis catalysts that have a strong preference for terminal olefins over cis or trans internal isomers in olefin metathesis. This tandem isomerization/terminal olefin metathesis reaction (ISOMET) converts Cn trans internal olefins into C2n−2 cis olefins and ethylene. This reaction is made p...

Electrochemical reactions have proven to be valuable means for reversing the polarity of alkenes and triggering radical anionor radical cation-based cyclizing reactions. Anodic olefin coupling initiated by oxidation of electronrich olefins can provide powerful tools for achieving intramolecular cyclization reactions and building new ring systems. In this case, several combinations of olefins ca...

Unactivated acyclic internal aliphatic olefins are often found to be unreactive in conventional alkenylation reactions. To address this problem, a cobalt catalyzed allylic selective dehydrogenative Heck reaction with internal aliphatic olefins has been developed. The method is highly regioand stereoselective, the conditions are mild and a wide variety of functional groups can be tolerated. Rema...

beside ziegler-natta and phillips catalysts the development of methylaluminoxane (mao) as cocatalyst incombination with metallocenes or other transition metal complexes for the polymerization of olefins haswidely increased the possibilities in controlling the polymer composition, polymer structure, tacticity and special properties with high precision. these catalysts allow the synthesis of isot...

Economic and powerful olefins separation is the most important technology for the energy optimisation and reduction of fossil fuel in petrochemical industry. On account of that the specific structures of olefins will make some influences on the separation, in this work, by means of density functional theory, we perform a theoretical estimation of the olefin-structure-induced effects on the reac...

The use of noble metal catalysts in homogeneous catalysis has been well established. Due to their price and limited availability, there is growing interest in the substitution of such precious metal complexes with readily available and bio-relevant catalysts. In particular, iron is a "rising star" in catalysis. Herein, we present a general and selective iron-catalyzed monoisomerization of olefi...

Over the last decade, increasing demand for olefins and their valuable products has prompted research on novel processes and technologies for their selective production. As olefins are predominately dependent on fossil resources, their production is limited by the finite reserves and the associated economic and environmental concerns. The need for alternative routes for olefin production is imp...