Cobalt-Mediated Synthesis of Angular [4]Phenylene: Structural Characterization of a Metallacyclopentadiene(Alkyne) Intermediate and Its Thermal and Photochemical Conversion

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Abstract

[reaction: see text] The first X-ray crystal structure of a mononuclear metallacyclopentadiene(alkyne) complex has been obtained. This type of metallacycle is believed to be the key intermediate in the cobalt-mediated [2 + 2 + 2]cycloaddition of alkynes. Thermal treatment leads to the generation of angular [4]phenylene, the X-ray structural details of which are described. Under photochemical conditions, the cobaltacycle isomerizes to a highly strained (cyclobutadieno)dibenzocyclooctatrienyne complex.

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