title: Synthesis and characterization of a metallapyridyne complex.
abstract: Building bridges: The first m-metallapyridine and the first metallapyridyne were synthesized under mild reaction conditions. The two complexes are metal-bridged polycyclic metallabenzenoid aromatics, in which the transition-metal center is shared by both six-membered rings. The synthetic method permits the use of metallabenzene as a starting material to access higher π-electron metallaaromatics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Tongdao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Feifei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zhenyang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Haiping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xia