{"title":"Enchanting Realm of Five-Membered Rare-Earth Metallacycles","authors":"Wei Liu, Dajiang Huang, Junnian Wei, Wen-Xiong Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00168","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Metallacycles, derivatives of carbocyclic compounds wherein a metal atom replaces at least one carbon center, have been a constant powerhouse in organic synthesis. While metallacycles of main-group, transition, and actinide metals have been extensively studied, those incorporating rare-earth (RE) elements (Sc, Y, and lanthanides) have remained elusive primarily due to synthetic challenges. Nevertheless, the electropositive character of these elements and the resulting polarization of RE–C bonds, along with the intrinsic synergistic effects within metallacycles, endow RE metallacycles with unique properties and a rich, yet largely untapped, reaction chemistry. In this Account, we present the development and applications of five-membered RE metallacycles.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00168","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Metallacycles, derivatives of carbocyclic compounds wherein a metal atom replaces at least one carbon center, have been a constant powerhouse in organic synthesis. While metallacycles of main-group, transition, and actinide metals have been extensively studied, those incorporating rare-earth (RE) elements (Sc, Y, and lanthanides) have remained elusive primarily due to synthetic challenges. Nevertheless, the electropositive character of these elements and the resulting polarization of RE–C bonds, along with the intrinsic synergistic effects within metallacycles, endow RE metallacycles with unique properties and a rich, yet largely untapped, reaction chemistry. In this Account, we present the development and applications of five-membered RE metallacycles.
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