An alkene dance

The seminal paper by Yves Chauvin and Jean-Louis Herisson on the mechanism of alkene metathesis is elegant, simple and insightful. Published more than 50 years ago, it deserves appreciation and admiration even today.

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The seminal paper by Chauvin and Herisson on alkene metathesis mechanism is elegant, simple, and insightful, deserving admiration even after more than 50 years of its publication.