Articlelimitedtoafewreports.DuringthecourseofoursystematicinvestigationonthechemistryofmetallabenzenesbasedonourfacileapproachestoconstructaromaticmetallacyclesthroughcycloadditionofunsaturatedC5buildingblockswithsimpletransition-metalcomplexesbearingphosphineligands,4d,5k,nwehavereportedrecentlytheelectrochemicalproperties5n,9,10ofaseriesofruthenabenzenesandosmabenzenes.Impor-tantly,itwasfoundthatthereiselectroniccommunicationbetweenthetwo9metalcentersinthetrichloro-bridgedbisru-thenabenzenesandbisosmanaphalenes.10Bismetallabenzenesandtheiranalogues,althoughinteresting,areextemelyrare.Tothebestofourknowledge,thetrichloro-bridgedbisruthena-benzenesandbisosmanaphthalenesreportedbyourgrouprepresenttheonlyexamplesuptonow,9,10whiletherutheniumcomplexeswithtwoπ-coordinatedruthenabenzeneligandsreportedbySalzerarebis(metallabenzene)π-complexes,whichbelongtometallabenzenesandwichcompounds.11Thelackofconvenientmethodstoconstructbismetallabenzenesmaypartlypreventthephysicalpropertystudiesofthesecom-pounds.Thus,itwouldbeofinteresttodevelopnewap-proachesforthepreparationofbismetallabenzenesandinvestigatetheirelectrochemicalproperties.
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