The formation of carbon-carbon bonds is of fundamental importance in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and is therefore invaluable for the synthesis of many important biologically active molecules, including current pharmaceuticals and complex natural products. The development of new, sustainable, efficient, and selective catalytic procedures for carbon-carbon bond formation, therefore, represents a key research goal in synthetic chemistry.The metathesis reaction between two alkenes 1 and 2 (Scheme 1) to result in the formation of two distinct olefinic products 3 and 4 is among the most powerful catalytic carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions known and has led to profound synthetic developments in the petroleum, materials, agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries.1 The corresponding carbonyl-olefin metathesis reaction between an olefin 5 and a carbonyl 6 (Scheme 1) similarly enables the direct construction of carbon-carbon bonds, resulting in the formation of olefin 7 and carbonyl 8, [2][3][4] and has the potential to have an analogous impact on synthetic strategy (Scheme 1). 5 However, compared to the olefin-olefin metathesis reaction, currently available procedures for carbonyl-olefin metathesis are significantly less advanced. This Synpacts article is focused on our work in the area of Lewis acid mediated and Lewis acid catalyzed carbonylolefin metathesis reactions.