Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Metallaromatics such as metallabenzene and its heteroatom-containing analogues have aroused interests both in experimental and theoretical studies. While various six-membered metallaaromatics have been explored, a general synthetic methodology is still undeveloped. Herein, we report the skeletal editing of five-membered metallacyclopentadiene involving the insertion of the sixth atoms (S, Se, N, C) into the Os–C bond, as a general approach for osmafluoranthene derivatives containing osmathiabenzene, osmaselenabenzene, osmapyridine, and osmabenzene units. These complexes show broad UV-Vis absorptions, and their aromaticity has been authenticated spectroscopically, structurally and computationally. Six-membered metallaromatics have attracted interest, but a general synthetic methodology that enables access to such molecules remains undeveloped. Here, the authors present a skeletal editing approach towards six-membered metallacycles, enabling the creation of osmafluoranthene derivatives with diverse main-group elements.
Source: Communications Chemistry
Authors: Yue Zhao, Bingjie Fu, Yang Li, Di Liu, Wei Bai
Institution: Dalian University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Organic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,690
Awards: G3013476652, G8611954301
OpenAlex ID: W4417464649