7C-10C and 12C-carbolong complexes with planar ligand skeletons containing 7-10 and 12 carbon atoms have been previously reported but 11C-carbolong complexes with a planar carbon-chain ligand are elusive. Here, the authors prepare metallabenzyne-fused metallapentalenes and metallabenzene-fused metallapentalynes, both representing 11C-carbolong complexes with a planar carbon-chain ligand
- Binbin Xu
- Wei Mao
- Haiping Xia