Synthesis and ligand properties of a persistent, all-carbon fourmembered-ring allene

Mohand Melaimi, Pattiyil Parameswaran, Bruno Donnadieu, Gernot Frenking, Guy Bertrand

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Abstract

A single donor substituent at each terminus is sufficient to make the CCC skeleton of allenes very flexible and give carbon(0) character to the central carbon atom. This allows the synthesis of a four-membered carbocyclic allene, which can be doubly protonated and behaves as a very strong η1- donor ligand for transition metals (see scheme).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4792-4795
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume48
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alienes
  • C ligands
  • Reactive intermediates
  • Strained molecules

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