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Ph Cl, PC PCy Ph cr pCy3 hh PP 3 PIRIP CC

Please help me understand/ figure out the mechanism of this reaction works. Where does the A catalyst attach and how does it end up regenerating in the product site (5)? What is happening step by step?

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This is Ring Closing Metathesis (RCM)

The key intermediate metallacyclobutane, can undergo cycloreversion to either towards product or back to starting materials. When the olefins of the substrate are terminal, the driving force for RCM is the removal of ethene from the reaction mixture.

ph Ph Ph Metalaydobutane o b

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