Jennifer Morvan

TL;DR: The cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) have led to numerous discoveries in the field of ruthenium olefin metathesis, until then largely dominated by the well-known N-heterocyclic...

TL;DR: Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene (CAAC) metal complexes can also engage in asymmetric transformations, thereby expanding the toolbox of available chiral carbene ligands.

TL;DR: Preliminary mechanistic insights provided by density functional theory models highlight the origin of the enantioselectivity in ruthenium complexes containing C1-symmetric cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene ligands.

TL;DR: The first continuous flow Z-selective olefin metathesis process is reported, reporting the adequate choice of stereoselective catalysts combined with the design of an appropriate continuous reactor setup to achieve high selectivity and short residence times.

TL;DR: The carbene transfer from an optically pure Cu-complex to gold or palladium center reveals, for the first time, a full stereoretentivity, supporting the hypothesis of an associative mechanism for the transmetalation.