A review of functional linear carbon chains (oligoynes, polyynes, cumulenes) and their applications as molecular wires in molecular electronics and optoelectronics

MR Bryce - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Linear, sp-hybridised, 1-dimensional (1D) all-carbon wires are conceptually the simplest π-
conjugated organic molecules. Their fundamental experimental and theoretical properties …

Metal alkynyl σ complexes: Synthesis and materials

NJ Long, CK Williams - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Metal alkynyl complexes hold a fascination for synthetic chemists, structural chemists, and
materials scientists alike. Harnessing the unique overlap of metal and carbon orbitals is a …

Quantum-chemical insights into mixed-valence systems: within and beyond the Robin–Day scheme

M Parthey, M Kaupp - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In mixed-valence (MV) systems essentially identical, more or less electronically coupled,
redox centres are brought into formally different oxidation states by removal or addition of an …

Toward Metal-Capped One-Dimensional Carbon Allotropes:  Wirelike C6−C20 Polyynediyl Chains That Span Two Redox-Active (η5-C5Me5)Re(NO)(PPh3) …

R Dembinski, T Bartik, B Bartik, M Jaeger… - Journal of the …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Reaction of the butadiynyl complex (η5-C5Me5) Re (NO)(PPh3)(C⋮ CC⋮ CH)(ReC 4 H)
with Cu (OAc) 2 (pyridine, 80° C) gives the μ-octatetraynediyl complex ReC 8 Re (70%) …

Electronic communication in heterobinuclear organometallic complexes through unsaturated hydrocarbon bridges

A Ceccon, S Santi, L Orian, A Bisello - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Much of the interest about the construction of model compounds suitable for investigating
the phenomena associated with the interaction of two or more metal centers, the so-called …

Diruthenium σ-alkynyl compounds: A new class of conjugated organometallics

T Ren - Organometallics, 2005 - ACS Publications
Reviewed herein are key aspects of the recent progress in the chemistry of σ-alkynyl
compounds of Ru2 (LL) 4, where LL is an N, N '-bidentate bridging ligand. Synthetic …

Transition metal complexes containing all-carbon ligands

MI Bruce, PJ Low - Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, 2004 - books.google.com
While small carbon molecules have been found in locations as diverse as interstellar
molecular clouds, carbon stars, hydrocarbon flames and laserablated carbon, bulk …

Charge delocalization vs localization in carbon-rich iron mixed-valence complexes: A subtle interplay between the carbon spacer and the (dppe) Cp* Fe …

JF Halet, C Lapinte - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
In this review, the electronic and structural properties of different organometallic wires
containing the (dppe) Cp* Fe organometallic electrophore are thoroughly discussed. Results …

Polynuclear carbon-rich organometallic complexes: clarification of the role of the bridging ligand in the redox properties

K Costuas, S Rigaut - Dalton Transactions, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
In this Perspective, we highlight the non-innocent behaviour of the bridging ligand in
organometallic polynuclear metallic complexes displaying metal-carbon σ bonds between …

Syntheses, Structures, and Spectro-electrochemistry of {Cp*(PP) Ru} C⋮ CC⋮ C {Ru (PP) Cp*}(PP= dppm, dppe) and Their Mono-and Dications

MI Bruce, BG Ellis, PJ Low, BW Skelton… - Organometallics, 2003 - ACS Publications
The complexes {Cp*(PP) Ru} 2 (μ-C⋮ CC⋮ C)(PP= dppm 5a, dppe 5b) have been
synthesized from RuCl (PP) Cp*(1a/b) via the corresponding vinylidenes [Ru (C CH2)(PP) …