The seminal paper by Yves Chauvin and Jean-Louis Hérisson 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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Cazin, C.S.J. An alkene dance. Nat Rev Chem 5, 672–673 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-021-00318-w
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