| The Laureates |
| Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
| Richard R. Schrock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Biographical Sketch - Richard R. Schrock, MIT news office |
| Metathesis |
| The metathesis reactions: from a historical perspective to recent developments, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Olefin Metathesis |
| Olefin Metathesis: the early days, Chemical & Engineering News |
| Olefin Metathesis in Organic Synthesis (pdf), MacMillan Group, Caltech |
| Olefin Metathesis: big-deal reaction, Chemical & Engineering News |
| Literature |
| Chemical & Engineering News: Cover story - Olefin Metathesis, December 23, 2002 Volume 80, Number 51, ISSN 0009-2347, Big-deal reaction pp. 29-33. The early days pp. 34-38. |
| The Age of the Molecule, N. Hall., Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1999. |
| Classics in Total Synthesis II, K. C. Nicolaou and S. A. Snyder, VHC, Weinheim, 2003. |
| Deutsch |
| Olefinmetathese |
| Schuster, M., Blechert, S. (2001) Die Olefinmetathese – neue Katalysatoren vergrößern das Anwendungspotential. Chemie in unserer Zeit, 1, 24. |