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Matthew Laskoski1, Gaby Roidl1, Mark D Smith1
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry The University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 (USA) Fax (+1) 803-777-9521.
Abstract:
A metamorphosis of the tetraethynyl precursor 1 through double Cu-catalyzed ring closure leads to the corresponding butterfly-shaped cyclobutadiene complexes 2 in high yield (94 %). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction shows that the large organic ligand is distinctly nonplanar with a concave topology. Cp=cyclopentadiene.
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