title: A photochemical metallocene route to anionic enediynes: synthesis, solid-state structures, and ab initio computations on cyclopentadienidoenediynes.
abstract: The first demonstration of photochemical enediyne liberation from a metal complex has led to a new class of enediynes, the cyclopentadienidoenediynes, which are demonstrated to exist as air-stable solids with low ionization potentials and large dipole moments. NMR and IR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and ab initio computations enable a comparison with the ubiquitous benzoenediynes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. jmoconnor@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: Kim K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Baldridge
authors.forename: Betsy L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: Marissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aubrey
authors.forename: Ryan L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: W Scott
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kassel
authors.forename: Arnold L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rheingold