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Robert H. Grubbs

Researcher at California Institute of Technology

Publications -  1018
Citations -  87813

Robert H. Grubbs is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Metathesis & Ring-opening metathesis polymerisation. The author has an hindex of 137, co-authored 1013 publications receiving 83140 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert H. Grubbs include Max Planck Society & King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

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Mechanism and Activity of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts

TL;DR: The origins of the observed substituent effects as well as the implications of these studies for the design and implementation of new olefin metathesis catalysts and substrates are discussed in detail.
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Neutral, single-component nickel (II) polyolefin catalysts that tolerate heteroatoms

TL;DR: A family of catalysts has been developed whose members are tolerant of both heteroatoms and less pure starting materials, and which produce high-molecular-weight polyethylene, polymerize functionalized olefins, and require no cocatalyst.
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Olefin-metathesis catalysts for the preparation of molecules and materials (Nobel Lecture)

TL;DR: This is a story of the exploration of the olefin-metathesis reaction, a reaction that has been the major emphasis of my independent research and contributed to oleFin metathesis becoming the indispensable synthetic tool that it is today.
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Ring-Closing Metathesis and Related Processes in Organic Synthesis

TL;DR: The transition metal alkylidene-catalyzed olefin metathesis reaction and the related transition metal-mediated carbonyl olefination reaction are two such processes as discussed by the authors.
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Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene by a Group VIII carbene complex in protic media

TL;DR: In this paper, an Ru(II) complex with a strained olefin was used to produce a carbene species that polymerizes norbornene in organic media both in the absence and presence of protic/aqueous solvents.