Structural characterization of a cyclohexameric meta-phenyleneethynylene made by alkyne metathesis with in situ catalysts

Ping Hua Ge, Wei Fu, Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Eberhardt Herdtweck, Charles Campana, Richard D. Adams, Uwe H.F. Bunz

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Abstract

New hexameric cyclophenylene-ethynylenes (CPEs, 1) were synthesized by alkyne metathesis of metadipropynylated benzenes. Treatment of one of these CPE derivatives (R1> = tert-butyl, hexyl, dodecyl; R2= H, methyl) with [Os3(CO)10-(MeCN)2] led to a decacarbonyltriosmium-CPE complex in which the planarity of the ring was significantly disrupted, as evidenced by the results of the single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3607-3610
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition in English
Volume39
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Oct 2000

Keywords

  • Alkyne complexes
  • Alkynes
  • Macrocyles
  • Metathesis
  • Phenylene ethynylenes

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