Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Metallabenzenes and Fused-Ring Metallabenzenes of Osmium, Ruthenium and Iridium: Syntheses, Properties and Reactions; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Syntheses and Properties of Metallabenzenes with Methylthiolate Substituents; 1.2.1 Osmabenzenes; 1.2.2 Iridabenzenes; 1.3 Syntheses and Properties of Fused-Ring Metallabenzenes; 1.3.1 Osmabenzofurans; 1.3.2 Ruthenabenzofurans; 1.3.3 Iridabenzofurans; 1.3.4 Iridabenzothiophenes; 1.3.5 Iridabenzothiazolium Cations; 1.4 Reactions of Metallabenzenes and Metallabenzenoids.

1.4.1 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions1.4.2 Rearrangement to Cyclopentadienyl Complexes; 1.4.3 Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions; 1.5 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2 The First Iridabenzenes: Syntheses, Properties, and Reactions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Basic Theory; 2.3 Discovery of the First Stable Metallabenzenes; 2.4 Synthesis of Iridabenzene; 2.5 Valence Bond Structures and Electron Counting for Iridabenzene; 2.6 The Tris(trimethylphosphine) Reaction System; 2.7 Structure and Spectroscopy of Iridabenzene 3; 2.8 Chemical Reactivity of Iridabenzene 3.

2.8.1 Ligand Substitution2.8.2 Oxidative Addition/Oxidation; 2.8.3 Cycloaddition; 2.8.4 Theoretical Study of Cycloaddition; 2.8.5 Electrophilic Addition; 2.8.6 Coordination to Mo(CO)3; 2.9 Iridaphenol; 2.10 Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Iridapyrylium; 2.11 Valence Bond Structures and Electron Counting for Iridapyrylium; 2.12 Chemical Reactivity of Iridapyrylium 37; 2.12.1 Ligand Addition; 2.12.2 Cycloaddition; 2.13 Comparison of Iridabenzene 3 and Iridapyrylium 37; 2.14 Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Iridathiabenzene; 2.15 Structure of Iridathiabenzene 50.

2.16 Chemical Reactivity of Iridathiabenzene 502.16.1 Ligand Addition and Cycloaddition; 2.16.2 Coordination to Other Metals; 2.17 Comparison of Iridathiabenzene 50 and Iridapyrylium 37; 2.18 Synthesis and Structure of a Neutral Iridathiabenzene; 2.19 Spectroscopy of Neutral Iridathiabenzene 56; 2.20 Chemical Reactivity of Neutral Iridathiabenzene 56; 2.21 Related Metal-Coordinated Metallabenzenes; 2.22 Aromaticity; 2.22.1 Electronic Structure; 2.22.2 Structural (Geometric) Features; 2.22.3 Magnetic Properties; 2.22.4 Stability; 2.22.5 Chemical Reactivity; 2.22.6 Conclusion; 2.23 Final Word.

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