Described herein are methods of preparing cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, or combinations thereof from cutin-containing plant matter. The methods can include heating the cutin-derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure. In some preferred embodiments, the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species.

The present disclosure provides compounds, compositions, and methods for preparing alkenyl halides and/or haloalkyl-substituted olefins with Z-selectivity. The methods are particularly useful for preparing alkenyl fluorides such as CF.sub.3-substituted olefins by means of cross-metathesis reactions using halogen-containing molybdenum and tungsten complexes.

The present disclosure provides compounds, compositions, and methods for preparing alkenyl halides and/or haloalkyl-substituted olefins with Z-selectivity. The methods are particularly useful for preparing alkenyl fluorides such as CF.sub.3-substituted olefins by means of cross-metathesis reactions using halogen-containing molybdenum and tungsten complexes.

The invention relates to the use of ruthenium complexes, which are homogeneous catalysts and/or precatalysts of the olefin metathesis reaction, which lead to the production of alkenes containing an internal (non-terminal) double C═C bond. ##STR00001##

The invention relates to the use of ruthenium complexes, which are homogeneous catalysts and/or precatalysts of the olefin metathesis reaction, which lead to the production of alkenes containing an internal (non-terminal) double C═C bond. ##STR00001##

The invention relates to the use of ruthenium complexes, which are homogeneous catalysts and/or precatalysts of the olefin metathesis reaction, which lead to the production of alkenes containing an internal (non-terminal) double C═C bond. ##STR00001##

This invention relates to methods for preparation of jasmonate compounds via a salt of jasmonic acid.

This invention relates to methods for preparation of jasmonate compounds via a salt of jasmonic acid.

A method for cycloaddition of dimethyl muconate is disclosed. According to the method, a direct transferring of a solid phase trans,trans-dimehtyl muconate into a reactor pre-filled with ethylene gas increases the efficiency of the reaction and suppress side reactions resulting an improvements in yield and purity. Furthermore, the method is capable of obtaining a high yield of dimethylcyclohex-2-en-1,4-dicarboxylate at a lower cost, and therefore is also useful for the mass synthesis of dimethyl terephthalate.

A method for cycloaddition of dimethyl muconate is disclosed. According to the method, a direct transferring of a solid phase trans,trans-dimehtyl muconate into a reactor pre-filled with ethylene gas increases the efficiency of the reaction and suppress side reactions resulting an improvements in yield and purity. Furthermore, the method is capable of obtaining a high yield of dimethylcyclohex-2-en-1,4-dicarboxylate at a lower cost, and therefore is also useful for the mass synthesis of dimethyl terephthalate.