Adam Veige and colleagues from the University of Florida, USA, report the successful isolation of the neutral ONO3- trianionic pincer-type tungsten alkylidyne complex [CF3–ONO]WΞC(tBu)(OEt2).
Cyclooctyne, which is normally polymerised due to its internal ring strain, reacts rapidly with the pincer-type tungsten alkylidyne complex to give the first example of a bicyclic metallacyclobutadiene. The pincer-type tungsten alkylidyne complex was also treated with alkyne substrates 1-phenylpropyne and 4,4-dimethyl-2-pentyne to give two more tungstenacyclobutadienes. The three tungstenacyclobutadienes made in this study all exhibit incredible stability.
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Unusually stable tungstenacyclobutadienes featuring an ONO trianionic pincer-type ligand
Matthew E. O’Reilly, Ion Ghiviriga, Khalil A. Abboud and Adam S. Veige
Dalton Trans., 2013
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT32653A
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The influence of reversible trianionic pincer OCO3−μ-oxo CrIV dimer formation ([CrIV]2(μ-O)) and donor ligands in oxygen-atom-transfer (OAT)
Matthew E. O’Reilly, Trevor J. Del Castillo, Khalil A. Abboud and Adam S. Veige
Dalton Trans., 2012,41, 2237-2246
DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11104C, Paper
