Brief Introduction of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005

In olefin metathesis reaction the double-bonding atom groups will change places with one another.Frenchman Yves Chauvin put forward proposals as to how metathesis could take place.Robert H.Grubbs and Richard R.Schrock made the crucial progress in the development of metathesis catalysts and their applications in this area.With catalytic metathesis the synthesis routes are shorter,giving more product and fewer rest products.This leads to cleaner and more environmentally friendly production.The reaction has opened up greater opportunities to exploit the diversity of organic molecules.