Further Reading

 

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
 

 

● Information on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005:
http://nobelprize.org

● The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: www.kva.se

● The Royal Society of Chemistry:
http://www.rsc.org/delivery/

● Chemical and Engineering News: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/
8051/8051olefin.html
and http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/
8051/print/8051olefin2.html

● The Age of the Molecule, N. Hall., Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1999

● Classics in Total Synthesis II, K. C. Nicolaou and S. A. Snyder, VHC, Weinheim, 2003

 

Contents:
| Introduction: Metathesis – a molecular dance | Yves Chauvin – Chauvin’s mechanism | Robert H. Grubbs – Nature’s perfume | Richard R. Schrock – Bringing music to our ears | Organic synthesis | Metathesis – a change-your-partners dance | Further reading | Credits |
  Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web AB.

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