Cezary Samojłowicz

TL;DR: N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands, introduced as analogues to phosphines, are recently getting wide attention in the design of diverse homogeneous catalytic systems, and the recent introduction of NHCs is introduced.

TL;DR: Aromatic fluorinated hydrocarbons, used as solvents for olefin metathesis reactions, catalysed by standard commercially available Ru precatalysts, allow substantially higher yields to be obtained, especially of challenging substrates, including natural and biologically active compounds.

TL;DR: The optimisation of reaction conditions by using an FAH can be regarded as a complementary approach for the design of new improved ruthenium catalysts, as an attractive alternative medium for promoting challenging olefin metathesis reactions.

TL;DR: The Grubbs/Hoveyda second-generation catalysts (H2IMes) as mentioned in this paper showed that the terminal oxygen of the ester, ketone, or malonate group installed as the terminal substituent of the benzylidene ether is coordinated to the metal, giving an octahedral structure.

TL;DR: The first successful example of olefin cross-metathesis with chloroalkenes is reported, and this work is reported to be a first of its kind in the literature.