Zitat des Tages von Robert H. Grubbs:
Polymer chemistry provides an excellent means of studying metathesis catalysts: miniscule catalyst loadings have the capacity to generate large amounts of polymeric material, the structure of which can provide a historical record of catalyst activity.
Like the Tebbe complex, ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts can be used for the production of living polymers.
Catalysts offer the promise of making chemical transformations far less polluting.
I was born at home in rural Kentucky, in 1942, in a house that my father Howard had built. He did most of the construction himself and built it on land that his father had given him when he married my mother Faye.
One of the most rewarding aspects of my research has been the opportunity to study the potential applications of a new catalyst.
