Thomas Kupfer

• Die Darstellung von gespannten ansa-Komplexen verschiedener Übergangsmetall-Sandwichverbindungen gelingt durch Umsetzung von dimetallierten Metallocenvorstufen mit den entsprechenden Elementdiahlogeniden. Die Ringspannung in diesen Systemen kann für eine ausgeprägte Folgereaktivität (Ringöffnungsreaktionen, ROP, Diborierung, Bis(silylierung), etc.) ausgenutzt werden. Kristallstrukturanalysen verschiedener Borol-Derivate belegen die hohe Lewis-Azidität des Borzentrums sowie den antiaromatischen Charakter dieser Verbindungsklasse.
• The synthesis of strained [n]metalloarenophanes of several transition-metal sandwich complexes has been achieved by salt elimination reactions of dimetalated metallocene precursors with the appropriate element dihalides. The molecular ring strain in these sytems is accompanied by an enhanced reactivity (ring-opening reactions, ROP, diboration, bis(silylation), etc.). X-ray diffraction studies of several borole derivatives have proven the extraordinarily high Lewis acidity of the boron center, as well as the antiaromatic character of theseThe synthesis of strained [n]metalloarenophanes of several transition-metal sandwich complexes has been achieved by salt elimination reactions of dimetalated metallocene precursors with the appropriate element dihalides. The molecular ring strain in these sytems is accompanied by an enhanced reactivity (ring-opening reactions, ROP, diboration, bis(silylation), etc.). X-ray diffraction studies of several borole derivatives have proven the extraordinarily high Lewis acidity of the boron center, as well as the antiaromatic character of these heterocycles.…