Metallaaromatic chemistry: history and development

D Chen, Y Hua, H Xia - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the prediction of the existence of metallabenzenes in 1979, metallaaromatic chemistry
has developed rapidly, due to its importance in both experimental and theoretical fields …

Formal [2+ 1] Cycloadditions of a Metallacyclopentadiene Unit with Alkynes: Constructing Tetracyclic Conjugated Frameworks with Bridgehead Metals

Z Chu, J Li, D Chen, Z Lu, W Meng… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary Metallacyclopentadienes play a vital role in transition‐metal
mediated and catalyzed cycloaddition reactions of alkynes. Though versatile reactions of …

Synthesis, structure and aromaticity of metallapyridinium complexes

Y Wang, Y Sun, W Bai, Y Zhou, X Bao, Y Li - Dalton Transactions, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The first rhena-analogues of pyridinium (cyclopropametalla-2-isoquinolinium complexes)
are obtained from o-ethynyl benzonitriles. Structural analysis and DFT calculations confirm …

One-pot syntheses of rhena-2-benzopyrylium complexes with a fused metallacyclopropene unit

X Bao, Y Li, W Bai, Y Zhou, Y Wang, Y Sun… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A convenient synthetic route to polycyclic metallaaromatics containing main-group
heteroatoms has been developed. The first cyclopropametalla-2-benzopyrylium complexes …

Metallacycle Expansion and Annulation: Access to Tetrazolo‐Fused Osmacycles by Reaction of Cyclic Osmium Carbyne with Sodium Azide

H Wang, YM Lin, S Chen, Y Ruan… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Main observation and conclusion The reaction of a cyclic osmacarbyne complex with
sodium azide led to the formation of a ring expansion‐annulation product, a unique tetrazole …

Direct amidation of metallaaromatics: access to N-functionalized osmapentalynes via a 1, 5-bromoamidated intermediate

H Wang, Y Ruan, YM Lin, H Xia - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The direct C–H amidation or imidation of metallaaromatics with N-bromoamides or imides
has been achieved under mild conditions and leads to the formation of a family of N …

Gas-Phase Formation of Fulvenallene (C7H6) via the Jahn–Teller Distorted Tropyl (C7H7) Radical Intermediate under Single-Collision Conditions

C He, AM Thomas, GR Galimova… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fulvenallene molecule (C7H6) has been synthesized via the elementary gas-phase
reaction of the methylidyne radical (CH) with the benzene molecule (C6H6) on the doublet …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, structure, and bonding of spiro rare-earth metallacyclopent-3-enes via the reduction of metallacyclopentadienes

Y Zheng, C Yu, B Wu, J Wei, WX Zhang - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022 - cell.com
Synthesis and characterization of metallacycles is an important research issue because they
have acted as important building blocks and key intermediates in synthetic and catalytic …

Osmapentalenofurans Constructed by Reacting Os≡ C1 of Osmapentalyne with Phenols

X Yang, K Zhang, Y Zhang, H Liu, S Liu… - … A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, significant research efforts have focused on osmapentalyne,
characterized by the more reactive Os≡ C7 (Carbon atoms numbered in a clockwise …

Acetylenic carbon-containing stable five-membered metallacycles

B Hu, C Li - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to the linear property around an acetylenic carbon, the introduction of such an atom to a
small cycle would result in high ring strain. Currently, the smallest isolated rings are five …