Gaelle Spagnol, M. Heck, S. Nolan
Apr 23, 2002
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[reaction: see text] 1,3-Dimesitylimidazol-2-ylidene ruthenium benzylidene catalyst (RuCl2(=C(H)Ph)(PCy3)(IMes)) has been successfully employed in ring-closing metathesis reactions of acyclic diene sulfides, disulfides, and dithianes and in self-cross metathesis reactions of ene-sulfides, thioethers, and thiols.