文摘
The quintuply bonded 伪-diimine chromium dimer [HLiPrCr]2 reductively couples cyclohexyl isocyanide to produce various novel nitrogen heterocycles. Tetramerization yielded, inter alia, the aromatic squaramidinate, i.e. [C4(NCy)4]2鈥?/sup>, whereas hexamerization produces a substituted 1,4-diaza-bicyclo[3.3.0]octadiene dianion. These unprecedented transformations complement the coupling reactions of isoelectronic CO, and they may prove synthetically useful.