Metallabenzenes : an expert view

Content: Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Contents
 List of Contributors
 Preface
 Chapter 1 Metallabenzenes and Fused-Ring Metallabenzenes of Osmium, Ruthenium and Iridium: Syntheses, Properties and Reactions
 1.1 Introduction
 1.2 Syntheses and Properties of Metallabenzenes with Methylthiolate Substituents
 1.2.1 Osmabenzenes
 1.2.2 Iridabenzenes
 1.3 Syntheses and Properties of Fused-Ring Metallabenzenes
 1.3.1 Osmabenzofurans
 1.3.2 Ruthenabenzofurans
 1.3.3 Iridabenzofurans
 1.3.4 Iridabenzothiophenes
 1.3.5 Iridabenzothiazolium Cations
 1.4 Reactions of Metallabenzenes and Metallabenzenoids 1.4.1 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions1.4.2 Rearrangement to Cyclopentadienyl Complexes
 1.4.3 Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions
 1.5 Concluding Remarks
 References
 Chapter 2 The First Iridabenzenes: Syntheses, Properties, and Reactions
 2.1 Introduction
 2.2 Basic Theory
 2.3 Discovery of the First Stable Metallabenzenes
 2.4 Synthesis of Iridabenzene
 2.5 Valence Bond Structures and Electron Counting for Iridabenzene
 2.6 The Tris(trimethylphosphine) Reaction System
 2.7 Structure and Spectroscopy of Iridabenzene 3
 2.8 Chemical Reactivity of Iridabenzene 3 2.8.1 Ligand Substitution2.8.2 Oxidative Addition/Oxidation
 2.8.3 Cycloaddition
 2.8.4 Theoretical Study of Cycloaddition
 2.8.5 Electrophilic Addition
 2.8.6 Coordination to Mo(CO)3
 2.9 Iridaphenol
 2.10 Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Iridapyrylium
 2.11 Valence Bond Structures and Electron Counting for Iridapyrylium
 2.12 Chemical Reactivity of Iridapyrylium 37
 2.12.1 Ligand Addition
 2.12.2 Cycloaddition
 2.13 Comparison of Iridabenzene 3 and Iridapyrylium 37
 2.14 Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Iridathiabenzene
 2.15 Structure of Iridathiabenzene 50 2.16 Chemical Reactivity of Iridathiabenzene 502.16.1 Ligand Addition and Cycloaddition
 2.16.2 Coordination to Other Metals
 2.17 Comparison of Iridathiabenzene 50 and Iridapyrylium 37
 2.18 Synthesis and Structure of a Neutral Iridathiabenzene
 2.19 Spectroscopy of Neutral Iridathiabenzene 56
 2.20 Chemical Reactivity of Neutral Iridathiabenzene 56
 2.21 Related Metal-Coordinated Metallabenzenes
 2.22 Aromaticity
 2.22.1 Electronic Structure
 2.22.2 Structural (Geometric) Features
 2.22.3 Magnetic Properties
 2.22.4 Stability
 2.22.5 Chemical Reactivity
 2.22.6 Conclusion
 2.23 Final Word