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The Organizing Committee
is pleased to invite you to attend the 14th International Symposium on
Olefin Metathesis and Related Chemistry to be held at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts, from Sunday
noon, August 5 through Thursday noon, August 9, 2001. This symposium follows
that held in July of 1999 in Kerkrade, The Netherlands.
In the last decade
research in the area of olefin metathesis has made dramatic strides. Many
of the recent results employ "well-defined," isolable new catalysts based
on Mo or Ru, among them relative active Ru catalysts and the first efficient
Mo catalysts for asymmetric olefin metathesis reactions. Perhaps the most
important applications have been made in the area of organic synthesis.
Molybdenum or ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts have now been employed
in a number of natural product syntheses, since the metathesis reaction
is by definition a unique and efficient way to form a carbon-carbon double
bond. Acetylene metathesis has also been shown to be useful in organic
synthesis, although the number of examples at present lags far behind
examples involving olefin metathesis.
Since many of the
applications of olefin metathesis involve the synthesis of polymers, and
since some of the principles of olefin polymerization by transition metal
alkyl complexes, especially cations, are related to those of olefin metathesis,
a significant fraction of the talks and posters at ISOM XIV will concern
recent developments in the area of olefin polymerization, often again
by relatively "well-defined" catalysts. Late transition metal catalysts
as well as early transition metal catalysts will be represented, and emphasis
will be placed on controlling polymer structure and/or molecular weight
through catalyst design.
We look forward to
welcoming you in the Boston area, one of the most exciting "Ameropean"
cities in the U.S.
Richard
R. Schrock
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Amir H. Hoveyda
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
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