The Chauvin Mechanism ·
The Metallacyclobutane at the Heart of Olefin Metathesis
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carrier
[M]=CHR
step
idle
d-count
Ru(II) d⁶
phase
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metal center [M]
carbene carbon =CHR
incoming olefin
metallacyclobutane ring
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