title: A Rhodium-Mediated Contraction of Benzene to Cyclopentadiene: Transformations of Rhodium(III) m-Benziporphyrin.
abstract: The contraction of benzene is one of an exclusive group of reactions where the cleavage of aromatic structure is of fundamental importance. Rhodium(III) m-benziporphyrin undergoes an unprecedented transformation of the built-in m-phenylene in which a perimeter carbon atom is extruded to form rhodium(III) 21-carbaporphyrin, stabilizing the formyl-unit-substituted rhodacyclopropane motif.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-383, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hurej
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-383, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Miłosz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pawlicki
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-383, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: Ludmiła
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Szterenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 F. Joliot-Curie St., 50-383, Wrocław, Poland. lechoslaw.latos-grazynski@chem.uni.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Lechosław
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Latos-Grażyński
keywords: aromaticity; carbaporphyrins; porphyrinoids; rhodium; ring contraction