Resumen de Perspectiva de las reaccciones de metátesis. El Premio Nobel de Química del año 2005

María del Carmen Avendaño López

• To comment the 2005 Nobel Price of Chemistry the significance of metathesis reactions in organic synthesis and polymer science is summarized here. In particular, the leading role played by the mechanistic proposals of Yves Chauvin and the development of metalic carbenes as efficient catalysts by the groups of R. R. Schrock and R. H. Grubbs is emphasized.