Robert Howard Grubbs
California Institute of Technology
Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.
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Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.
Affiliation
California Institute of Technology
Top Publications
- The Development of L 2 X 2 RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: An Organometallic Success Story (2000) - 3,567 citations
- Synthesis and Activity of a New Generation of Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Coordinated with 1,3-Dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene Ligands (1999) - 3,470 citations
- Safe and Convenient Procedure for Solvent Purification (1996) - 2,753 citations
- Synthesis and Applications of RuCl2(CHR‘)(PR3)2: The Influence of the Alkylidene Moiety on Metathesis Activity (1996) - 2,118 citations
- Recent advances in olefin metathesis and its application in organic synthesis (1998) - 2,108 citations
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- Full name
- Robert Howard Grubbs
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-0057-7817
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5078597191
Research interests
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Crystal structures of chemical compounds, Crystallography and molecular interactions, Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
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- The Development of L 2 X 2 RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: An Organometallic Success Story ↗2000 · Accounts of Chemical Research3,567OpenAlex citations
- 3,470OpenAlex citations
- Safe and Convenient Procedure for Solvent Purification ↗1996 · Organometallics2,753OpenAlex citations
- Synthesis and Applications of RuCl2(CHR‘)(PR3)2: The Influence of the Alkylidene Moiety on Metathesis Activity ↗1996 · Journal of the American Chemical Society2,118OpenAlex citations
- 2,108OpenAlex citations
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- The Development of L 2 X 2 RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: An Organometallic Success Story ↗2000 · Accounts of Chemical Research
- Safe and Convenient Procedure for Solvent Purification ↗1996 · Organometallics
- Synthesis and Applications of RuCl2(CHR‘)(PR3)2: The Influence of the Alkylidene Moiety on Metathesis Activity ↗1996 · Journal of the American Chemical Society
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