Abstract
Olefin metathesis[1] constitutes a powerful tool for the construction of a plethora of unsaturated building blocks, pharmaceuticals, and advanced materials. The principle steps involve a transition-metal carbene complex (A) that undergoes a [2+2] cycloaddition/cycloreversion protocol with alkenes according to the Chauvin mechanism.[2] For the widely used Grubbs catalysts, however, support
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