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Ring-closing metathesis (RCM)

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All three catalysts are illustrated as “LnM=CHR” in the mechanism below. Generation of the real catalyst from the precatalysts

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Li, J.J. (2014). Ring-closing metathesis (RCM). In: Name Reactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4_232

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