The chemistry of the carbon-transition metal double and triple bond: Annual survey covering the Year 2007

Recent advances in the field of multicarbene and multimetal carbene complexes of the Fischer-type

“…The reactivity of Fischer carbene complexes containing α,β-unsaturated carbon substituents with a variety of organic substrates have been thoroughly investigated and extensively reviewed [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][84][85][86][87]. Well-known classes of monocarbene complexes used as precursors in organic synthesis via organometallic intermediates are those displaying carbene substituents with a-unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds.…”

“…Most of these Fischer monocarbene complex applications center around the reactivity of the metal-carbon double bond or the carbene-bonded heteroatom X (A in Fig. 1), or on modifications of vinyl-(B) or 1-alkynylcarbene ligands (C) for organic synthesis [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”