Sugamata Koh, Sasamori Takahiro
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.
Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan.
Dalton Trans. 2023 Jul 25;52(29):9882-9892. doi: 10.1039/d3dt01559a.
While analogues of allenes with heavier main-group elements (group 14-16) have been extensively studied, 2-heteraallenes are rare chemical species whose properties are mostly unknown. It is also notable that the synthesis and isolation of allene-type molecules are not widespread, despite the extensive study of two-coordinated low-valent chemical species.