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Draw the major organic products of this olefin metathesis reaction. Ignore stereochemistry.

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A chemical reaction in which 2 alkenes exchange with one other by coming together and forming 2 different alkene products with the help of ruthenium catalyst is represented as olefin metathesis reaction.

Fundamentals

Example for olefin metathesis reaction:

.R
M
R
R
M-
M
R
R
M
R
R
R

In the first step, the alkene undergoes reaction with a metal catalyst and form alkene as the product. Again the catalyst undergoes reaction with another equivalent of alkene and forms substituted alkene as the product by the cleavage of a metal catalyst.

Ru
Ru
CH2
Ru
Br
CH2
Br
Br

Br
Br
Br
Ru
Ru
Ru
Br
Br
Br

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Br
CH2
Br Ru catalyst
CH2
Br

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