Olefin metathesis is a powerful synthetic method that largely rests on the reactivity of molybdenum- and ruthenium-based catalysts, as alternative metals have not yet been successfully substituted. Here the authors engineer an iron catalyst to effectively perform the stereoselective ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene.
- Satoshi Takebayashi
- Mark A. Iron
- David Milstein
