Diisocyanoarene-linked pentacarbonylvanadate(I-) ions as building blocks in a supramolecular charge-transfer framework assembled through noncovalent π-π and contact ion interactions.

Three synthetic routes to the unusual supramolecular complex ([Cp(2)Co](2)[{(OC)(5)V}(2)(μ-1,4-CNC(6)Me(4)NC)])(∞), which was crystallographically characterized, are presented. The dianion [{(OC)(5)V}(2)(μ-1,4-CNC(6)Me(4)NC)](2-) constitutes the first subvalent organometallics featuring a diisocyanoarene linker.

Linear 6,6'-biazulenyl framework featuring isocyanide termini: synthesis, structure, redox behavior, complexation, and self-assembly on Au(111).

The key step in accessing the title species (5), the first nonbenzenoid diisocyanobiaryl, involved an unexpected homocoupling of a 6-bromoazulene derivative. The reversible 2e(-) reduction of 5 was addressed electrochemically and computationally. The shifts in energies of the S(0)→S(1) and S(0)→S(2) transitions for a series of related 6,6'-biazulenyl derivatives correlate with the e(-)-donating/-withdrawing strength of their 2,2'-substituents but follow opposite trends.

Multipoint anchoring of the [2.2.2.2]metacyclophane motif to a gold surface via self-assembly: coordination chemistry of a cyclic tetraisocyanide revisited.

A one-pot transformation of bis(2-isocyano-3-methylphenyl)ethane affords gram quantities of 8,16,24,32-tetraisocyano[2.2.2.