Robert H. Grubbs

Research.com Recognitions

• 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
• 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
• 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For developments in catalysts that have enabled commercial products.
• 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
• 2009 - Polish Academy of Science
• 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
• 2005 - Nobel Prize for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis
• 2005 - Paul Karrer Gold Medal, University of Zurich
• 2004 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 2003 - Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Elsevier
• 2003 - Linus Pauling Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2002 - Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2002 - Tolman Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2000 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
• 1999 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
• 1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1974 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• The Development of L2X2RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: An Organometallic Success Story

  Tina M. Trnka;Robert H. Grubbs

  4908
  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.

  Matthias Scholl;Sheng Ding;and Choon Woo Lee;Robert H. Grubbs

  4620
  Citations

• Safe and Convenient Procedure for Solvent Purification

  Amy B. Pangborn;Michael A. Giardello;Robert H. Grubbs;Robert K. Rosen

  4116
  Citations

• Recent advances in olefin metathesis and its application in organic synthesis

  Robert H. Grubbs;Sukbok Chang

  3199
  Citations

• Synthesis and Applications of RuCl2(CHR‘)(PR3)2: The Influence of the Alkylidene Moiety on Metathesis Activity

  Peter Schwab;Robert H. Grubbs;Joseph W. Ziller

  2924
  Citations

• Handbook of metathesis

  Robert H. Grubbs

  2416
  Citations

• Ruthenium-based heterocyclic carbene-coordinated olefin metathesis catalysts.

  Georgios C. Vougioukalakis;Robert H. Grubbs

  2359
  Citations

• A Series of Well‐Defined Metathesis Catalysts–Synthesis of [RuCl2(CHR′)(PR3)2] and Its Reactions

  Peter Schwab;Joseph W. Ziller;Robert H. Grubbs

  2152
  Citations

• A General Model for Selectivity in Olefin Cross Metathesis

  Arnab K. Chatterjee;Tae-Lim Choi;Daniel P. Sanders;Robert H. Grubbs

  2010
  Citations

• Living ring-opening metathesis polymerization

  Christopher W. Bielawski;Robert H. Grubbs

  1779
  Citations

• Mechanism and Activity of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts

  Melanie S. Sanford;Jennifer A. Love;Robert H. Grubbs

  1628
  Citations

• Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene by a Group VIII carbene complex in protic media

  Son Binh T. Nguyen;Lynda K. Johnson;Robert H. Grubbs;Joseph W. Ziller

  1560
  Citations

• Olefin-metathesis catalysts for the preparation of molecules and materials (Nobel Lecture)

  Robert H. Grubbs

  1521
  Citations

• Ring-Closing Metathesis and Related Processes in Organic Synthesis

  Robert H. Grubbs;Scott J. Miller;Gregory C. Fu

  1494
  Citations

• Increased ring closing metathesis activity of ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts coordinated with imidazolin-2-ylidene ligands

  Matthias Scholl;Tina M. Trnka;John P. Morgan;Robert H. Grubbs

  1430
  Citations

• Neutral, single-component nickel (II) polyolefin catalysts that tolerate heteroatoms

  Todd R. Younkin;Eric F. Connor;Jason I. Henderson;Stefan K. Friedrich

  1404
  Citations

• A Practical and Highly Active Ruthenium-Based Catalyst that Effects the Cross Metathesis of Acrylonitrile†

  Jennifer A. Love;John P. Morgan;Tina M. Trnka;Robert H. Grubbs

  1293
  Citations

• Syntheses and activities of new single-component, ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts

  Son Binh T. Nguyen;Robert H. Grubbs;Joseph W. Ziller

  1140
  Citations

• Well-defined ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts: Mechanism and activity

  Eric L. Dias;SonBinh T. Nguyen;Robert H. Grubbs

  1046
  Citations

• Neutral Nickel(II)-Based Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization

  Chunming Wang;Stefan Friedrich;Todd R. Younkin;Robert T. Li

  946
  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.

  Matthias Scholl;Sheng Ding;Choon Woo Lee;Robert H. Grubbs

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