Date of Award

5-9-2009

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Honors Thesis

Department

Chemistry

Abstract

Diene metathesis, which is also known as an olefin metathesis, has been very important for the development of synthetic strategies in organic chemistry since it's inception in the 1950s. The olefin metathesis reaction is when two alkenes exchange the carbons on their double bonds, thus producing two new carbon□arbon double bonds.

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