Issue 1, 2023

Synthesis and characterization of bi(metallacycloprop-1-ene) complexes

Abstract

In all previously reported metallacycloprop-1-ene or η2-vinyl complexes, the metal center bears only one vinyl moiety. We have now successfully synthesized and structurally characterized the first complexes bearing two η2-vinyl moieties or spiro bi(metallacycloprop-1-ene) complexes from reactions of alkynes with rhenium phosphine complexes. Computational studies indicate that the metallacycloprop-1-ene rings are aromatic and the complexes represent a rare σ-type spirometalla-aromatic system.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis and characterization of bi(metallacycloprop-1-ene) complexes

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
27 9 2022
Accepted
15 11 2022
First published
16 11 2022
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 96-102

Synthesis and characterization of bi(metallacycloprop-1-ene) complexes

W. Bai, L. Y. Tsang, Y. Wang, Y. Li, H. H. Y. Sung, I. D. Williams and G. Jia, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 96 DOI: 10.1039/D2SC05378K

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