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 …

Recent advances in metallaaromatic chemistry

BJ Frogley, LJ Wright - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Metallaaromatics can be broadly defined as aromatic compounds in which one of the ring
atoms is a transition metal. The metallabenzenes are one important class of these …

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 …

Metallaaromatics Containing Main‐group Heteroatoms

H Wang, X Zhou, H Xia - Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Metallaaromatics are metallacycles that are derived from the formal replacement of a carbon
atom in the framework of organic aromatics with a metal fragment. As an important subclass …

Phosphonium‐Ring‐Fused Bicyclic Metallafuran Complexes of Ruthenium and Osmium

CF Yeung, LH Chung, SW Ng, HL Shek… - … A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metallafuran complexes with a fused five‐membered phosphonium ring were synthesized
from reactions between terminal ynones HC≡ C (C= O) R and cis‐[Ru/Os (dppm) …

Predicting Dinitrogen Activation via Transition‐Metal‐Involved [4+ 2] Cycloaddition Reaction

S Dong, J Zhu - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the strongest triple bond in nature, the N≡ N triple bond activation has always been a
challenging project in chemistry. On the other hand, since the award of the Nobel Prize in …

Isomerization reactions of metal vinylidene units

X Zheng, F Huang, X Li, K Zhuo, D Chen, M Luo… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Isomerization reactions of unsaturated molecules offer an efficient strategy in atom-
economical synthesis. Although isomerization reactions of unsaturated organic and …

One‐Pot Synthesis of High‐Strained Metal Vinylidene and Metal Carbyne

F Huang, Z Yan, X Zheng, Y Cai… - … –A European Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A novel one‐pot reaction producing a metal vinylidene structure in a five‐membered ring by
cyclization of a multiyne has been achieved. The ring strain and the high stability of the …

Generation of Stable Ruthenium (IV) Ketimido Complexes by Oxidative Addition of Oxime Esters to Ruthenium (II): Reactivity Studies Based on Electronic Properties of …

T Shimbayashi, K Okamoto… - Chemistry–A European …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction of an oxime ester with [Ru (PPh3) 3X2] proceeded smoothly at room
temperature to afford a stable RuIV ketimido complex as oxidative adduct. The structure of …