William P. Forrest

TL;DR: The well-defined oxo alkylidene surface complex [(≡SiO)W(═O)(═CHtBu)OAr] is among the most active heterogeneous metathesis catalysts reported to date in the self-metathesis of cis-4-nonene and ethyl oleate, in sharp contrast to the classical heterogeneous catalysts based on WO3/SiO2.

TL;DR: In this paper, an examination of the ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of endo-dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) by 10 well-defined molybdenum-based and 16 tungsten-based alkylidene initiators is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed 2,3-dicarbomethoxynorbornadiene (DCMNBD) as a monomer to explore new tungsten oxo alkylidene complexes as initiators for stereoregular ROMP (ring-opening metathesis polymerization).

TL;DR: The reaction of [W(=O)(=CHCMe2Ph)(dAdPO)2], containing bulky 2,6-diadamantyl aryloxide ligands, with partially dehydroxylated silica selectively yields a well-defined silica-supported alkylidene complex, which is a very active and stable alkene metathesis catalyst.

TL;DR: The polymerization of several 7-isopropylidene-2,3-disubstituted norbornadienes with a single tungsten oxo alkylidene catalyst, W(O)(CH-t-Bu)(OHMT)(Me2Pyr) to give cis, stereoregular polymers.