Organometallic Dehydro[14]annulenes Containing Vollhardt's Cyclobutadiene: Are CpCo-Complexed Cyclobutadienes More Aromatic than Benzene?
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Abstract
Pd-catalyzed coupling of 1,2-diethynyl-3,4-(bistrimethylsilyl)cyclobutadienecyclopentadienylcobalt to a series of 1-iodo-2-(trimethylsilylethynyl)benzenes and 1-chloro-4-trimethylsilylbut-1-ene-3-yne is followed by desilylation with potassium carbonate. Cu(OAc)(2)-promoted oxidative ring closure leads to dehydro[14]annulenes and dehydro[14]benzoannulenes fused to a cyclobutadiene(cyclopentadienylcobalt) complex. Five of these fused dehydroannulenes were structurally characterized. (1)H NMR spectroscopy of the organometallic dehydro[14]annulenes incorporating the (bistrimethylsilyl)cyclobutadiene(cyclopentadienylcobalt) unit suggested that the aromaticity of the fused cyclobutadiene complex might be stronger than that of benzene according to the ring-current criterion.
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