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Chem. Commun., 2005, 5295 - 5297, DOI: 10.1039/b509125j


A geometric switching approach toward thermal activation of metalloenediynes

Sibaprasad Bhattacharyya, David F. Dye, Maren Pink and Jeffrey M. Zaleski


Tetradentate metalloenediynes with strong imine and weaker thioether coordination serve as a geometrically non-rigid switch to drive thermal Bergman cyclization.

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