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Indenylmetal Catalysis in Organic Synthesis
Author(s) -
Trost Barry M.,
Ryan Michael C.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201609054
Subject(s) - cyclopentadienyl complex , reactivity (psychology) , catalysis , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , organic synthesis , organic molecules , molecule , combinatorial chemistry , transition metal , organic chemistry , receptor , pathology , medicine , biochemistry , alternative medicine
Synthetic organic chemists have a long‐standing appreciation for transition metal cyclopentadienyl complexes, of which many have been used as catalysts for organic transformations. Much less well known are the contributions of the benzo‐fused relative of the cyclopentadienyl ligand, the indenyl ligand, whose unique properties have in many cases imparted differential reactivity in catalytic processes toward the synthesis of small molecules. In this Review, we present examples of indenylmetal complexes in catalysis and compare their reactivity to their cyclopentadienyl analogues, wherever possible.