The chemistry of the carbon-transition metal double and triple bond: Annual survey covering the year 2011

• Comprehensive summary of 2011 research involving carbene complexes and carbyne complexes.
• 149 references to reviews/minireviews/comments.
• 713 references that focus on olefin metathesis reactions initiated by carbene complexes or metathesis catalysts that are carbene complexes.
• 275 references that focus on carbene complexes.
• 26 references that focus on carbyne complexes.

This is a review of papers published in the year 2011 that focus on the synthesis, reactivity, or properties of compounds containing a carbon-transition metal double or triple bond.

The transformation depicted below is representative of the 100s of reaction processes of carbon metal doubly and triply bonded species presented in this review article.Figure optionsDownload high-quality image (96 K)Download as PowerPoint slide