Light olefins as one the most important building blocks in chemical industry can be produced via Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) from syngas. FT conducted at high temperature would lead to light paraffins, carbon dioxide, methane, and C5+ longer chain hydrocarbons. The present work focuses on providing a critical review olefin production using synthesis. effects of metals, promoters supports in...

A tandem olefin metathesis/oxidative cyclization has been developed to synthesize 2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofuran (THF) diols in a stereocontrolled fashion from simple olefin precursors. The ruthenium metathesis catalyst is converted into an oxidation catalyst in the second step and is thus responsible for both catalytic steps. The stereochemistry of the 1,5-diene intermediate can be controll...

[reaction: see text]Transannular macrocyclizations via intramolecular B-alkyl Suzuki reactions are described. Regioselective terminal olefin hydroboration with 9-BBN followed by Pd(0)-catalyzed Suzuki reaction in the presence of a base such as TlOEt at high dilution generates macrocycles with a high degree of control over olefin geometry with isomerically pure E or Z vinyl iodide substrates. Th...

Each olefin (ethylene, trans-1,3-butadiene, isoprene, dimethyl butadiene (DMB)) and ozone molecules were codeposited on a CsI window at cryogenic temperature, the products of photolysis with ultraviolet–visible light observed using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The C2H4–O3 system could be assigned to glyoxal (CHO–CHO), ethylene oxide (c–C2H4O), CO, CO2. formation CHO–CHO c–C2H4 absen...

The design and preliminary laboratory testing of a prototype portable instrument capable of near-real-time measurement of selected airborne olefins and dienes at lowand sub-ppm concentrations is described. The sensor employed is a 60-MHz surface-acoustic-wave (SAW) oscillator coated with a Pt-olefin coordination compound having the formula trans-PtC12(olefin)(pyridine) (olefin= 1-hexene or ethy...

The literature of olefin metathesis by heterogeneous supported catalysts, both industrial-type supported metal oxides (ReOx/Al2O3, ReOx/(SiO2−Al2O3), MoOx/SiO2, MoOx/Al2O3, MoOx/(SiO2−Al2O3), WOx/SiO2, and WOx/ (SiO2−Al2O3)) and supported organometallic complexes, is comprehensively reviewed. The focus of this Review is supported metal oxide catalysts, but the well-defined supported organometal...

Macrocyclic compounds occupy an important chemical space between small molecules and biologics and are prevalent in many natural products and pharmaceuticals. The growing interest in macrocycles has been fueled, in part, by the design of novel synthetic methods to these compounds. One appealing strategy is ring-closing metathesis (RCM) that seeks to construct macrocycles from acyclic diene prec...

This communication describes the total synthesis of the marine polyether toxin, gambierol. This work couples our iterative C-glycoside/enol ether-olefin metathesis strategy to the subunits with a unique olefin metathesis/carbonyl olefination reaction to bring the subunits together.

Here, we describe the combination of OleTJE with a light-driven in situ H2O2-generation system for the selective and quantitative conversion of fatty acids into terminal alkenes. The photobiocatalytic system shows clear advantages regarding enzyme activity and yield, resulting in a simple and efficient system for fatty acid decarboxylation.