Search Results - "Vollhardt, K. Peter C."
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Cobalt-Catalyzed Cyclotrimerization of Alkynes: The Answer to the Puzzle of Parallel Reaction Pathways
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (18-07-2007)“…To understand some experimental data at odds with the computed mechanism of the CpCo(L2)-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cyclotrimerization of ethyne, DFT computations…”
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Mechanism of Thermal Reversal of the (Fulvalene)tetracarbonyldiruthenium Photoisomerization: Toward Molecular Solar-Thermal Energy Storage
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (15-11-2010)“…A closer look at the title reaction pinpoints a surprising mechanism—a relatively rapid preequilibrium between cyclopentadienyl complex 2 and fulvalene…”
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Silicon−Hydrogen Bond Activation and Hydrosilylation of Alkenes Mediated by CpCo Complexes: A Theoretical Study
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (04-03-2009)“…Using DFT techniques, we show that triplet cyclopentadienylcobalt activates Si−H bonds to generate singlet silylcobalt hydrides without the intervention of…”
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Cobalt-Mediated Linear 2:1 Co-oligomerization of Alkynes with Enol Ethers to Give 1-Alkoxy-1,3,5-Trienes: A Missing Mode of Reactivity
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (02-08-2010)“…A variety of 1,6‐heptadiynes and certain borylalkynes co‐oligomerize with enol ethers in the presence of [CpCo(C2H4)2] (Cp=cyclopentadienyl) to furnish the…”
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Cobalt(I)-Mediated Preparation of Polyborylated Cyclohexadienes: Scope, Limitations, and Mechanistic Insight
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (01-01-2007)“…A series of 1,3‐ and 1,4‐diboryl‐1,3‐cyclohexadienes have been prepared by intermolecular CoCp‐mediated [2+2+2] cocyclizations of alkynylboronic pinacolate…”
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Near-Quantitative Solid-State Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes from Homogeneous Diphenylethynecobalt and -Nickel Complexes
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (22-09-2003)“…Free‐standing films of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (see scanning electron micrograph) encapsulating crystalline metal particles are obtained by the…”
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Total Syntheses and Structures of Angular [6]- and [7]Phenylene: The First Helical Phenylenes (Heliphenes)
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (02-09-2002)“…Two plus two plus two times two: A double cobalt‐catalyzed cycloisomerization was used to convert appropriate hexaynes into hydrocarbons 1 and 2. Their X‐ray…”
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Total Syntheses of Angular [7]-, [8]-, and [9]Phenylene by Triple Cobalt-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization: Remarkably Flexible Heliphenes
Published in Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) (02-09-2002)“…Six of the final cyclobutadiene rings in angular [8]phenylene and [9]phenylene (1) are closed in an unprecedented cobalt‐catalyzed triple cyclization of…”
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Cobalt-Mediated Cyclic and Linear 2:1 Cooligomerization of Alkynes with Alkenes: A DFT Study
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (05-07-2006)“…The mechanism of the cobalt-mediated [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of two alkynes to one alkene to give CpCo-complexed 1,3-cyclohexadienes (cyclic oligomerization)…”
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Tris(benzocyclobutadieno)triphenylene and Its Lower Biphenylene Homologues by Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclizations of 2,3-Didehydrobiphenylene
Published in Organic letters (30-09-2004)“…The Pd-catalyzed cycloaddition of didehydrobiphenylenes 2a,b, generated from the corresponding 3-(trimethylsilyl)-2-biphenylenyl triflates with fluoride,…”
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Photo-Thermal Haptotropism in Cyclopentadienylcobalt Complexes of Linear Phenylenes: Intercyclobutadiene Metal Migration
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (01-01-2009)“…The CpCo‐shuffle: {CpCo} complexes of linear [3]‐ and [5]phenylene undergo a light‐induced haptotropic migration from a more strongly bound cyclobutadiene…”
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Competing Isomerizations of [12]Annulenes: Diels−Alder Reaction versus Electrocyclization
Published in Organic letters (20-03-2008)“…Experimentally, tri-trans-[12]annulene and tris(cyclohexeno)[12]annulene exhibit differing reactivities. Whereas the former, after isomerizing to its di-trans…”
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Cobalt-Mediated Synthesis of Angular [4]Phenylene: Structural Characterization of a Metallacyclopentadiene(Alkyne) Intermediate and Its Thermal and Photochemical Conversion
Published in Organic letters (13-06-2002)“…The first X-ray crystal structure of a mononuclear metallacyclopentadiene(alkyne) complex has been obtained. This type of metallacycle is believed to be the…”
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X-ray Transient Absorption and Picosecond IR Spectroscopy of Fulvalene(tetracarbonyl)diruthenium on Photoexcitation
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (27-07-2012)“…Caught in the light: The fulvalene diruthenium complex shown on the left side of the picture captures sun light, causing initial Ru–Ru bond rupture to furnish…”
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The Thermal Retro[2+2+2]cycloaddition of Cyclohexane Activated by Triscyclobutenannelation: Concerted All-Disrotatory versus Stepwise Conrotatory Pathways to Fused [12]Annulenes
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (01-01-2007)“…All dis or all con? While benzo analogues 2–4 undergo cycloreversion of the central cyclohexane ring by all‐disrotatory opening, the triscyclobutenocyclohexane…”
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Switching from Ru to Fe: picosecond IR spectroscopic investigation of the potential of the (fulvalene)tetracarbonyldiiron frame for molecular solar-thermal storage
Published in Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (28-05-2013)“…A foray into the exploration of Fe analogues of the (fulvalene)tetracarbonyldiruthenium [FvRu2(CO)4] solar-thermal storage system 1⇆2 is described. It was…”
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En Route to Dinitroacetylene: Nitro(trimethylsilyl)acetylene and Nitroacetylene Harnessed by Dicobalt Hexacarbonyl
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (21-05-2012)“…Dinitroacetylene and other nitroacetylenes are attractive stoichiometric precursors to high energy‐density materials, but suffer from high reactivity and…”
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Synthesis of Fused Arylboronic Esters via Cobalt(0)-Mediated Cycloaddition of Alkynylboronates with α,ω-Diynes
Published in Organic letters (16-09-2004)“…Co2(CO)6-complexed alkynyl pinacolborane derivatives are readily transformed with functional group tolerance into fused arylboronates via the [2 + 2 +…”
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Single-Molecule-Resolved Structural Changes Induced by Temperature and Light in Surface-Bound Organometallic Molecules Designed for Energy Storage
Published in ACS nano (24-05-2011)“…We have used scanning tunneling microscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations to investigate thermal and photoinduced…”
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Cobalt-Mediated [2+2+2] Cycloaddition versus CH and NH Activation of Pyridones and Pyrazinones with Alkynes: An Experimental Study
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (01-01-2007)“…The reactivity of a range of pyridone and pyrazinone derivatives towards alkynes in the presence of cyclopentadienylcobaltbis(ethene) has been investigated…”
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