Technical Notes:

1. Metathesis catalyst, stable in air and can be used in aqueous media.

2.Catalyst of choice for the ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cycloolefins.

3.Catalyst concentration 2-3 times lower than comparable phenyl and vinyl substituted rutheniumcarbenes.

4.Excellent initiator for solvent-free polymerization and control of initiation rates and gelation times.

5.Highly selective catalyst for the ring opening/cross-metathesis of norbornene derivatives.

References:

1. J. Organomet. Chem., 2000, 606, 16.

2. "Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Related Chemistry", NATO Science Series II,2002, 23.

3.Organometallics, 2003, 22, 586.