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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide and use a metal complex useful as a catalyst component in olefin metathesis reaction, radical polymerization or addition reaction of atom or group transfer, and vinylation reaction. General formulas (IC) and (ID) (Wherein M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of groups 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the periodic table (particularly ruthenium), Z is oxygen, Selected from the group consisting of sulfur, selenium, NR ″ ″, PR ″ ″, AsR ″ ″, and SbR ″ ″, where R ″, R ′ ″ and R ″ ″ are Each represents a hydrogen atom, C1-6 alkyl, C3-8 cycloalkyl, C1-6 alkyl, etc.). [Selection figure] None |