Provides a much-needed account of the formidable" cobalt rush" in organic synthesis and
catalysis Over the past few decades, cobalt has turned into one of the most promising metals …

Conspectus Over the last two decades, radical chemistry of propargyl systems was
developed into a potent synthetic field providing access to classes of organic compounds …

In this invited Perspective, I provide a personal account highlighting several of my group's
research contributions in metallo–organic chemistry over the past 40 years. Our early work …

The titanocene-catalyzed construction of all-carbon substituted tertiary centers directly from
aromatic aldehydes is described. The starting aldehyde behaves as a traceless functionality …

A stereoselective method for assembling five-and six-membered, mono-and binuclear
carbocyclic compounds by intramolecular cyclization of Co2 (CO) 6-complexed propargyl …

A novel method for the low-temperature generation of Co2 (CO) 6-complexed propargyl
radicals is developed. It consists of an in situ preparation of the respective cationic species …

A novel method for selective generation of radicals in 1, 4-alkadiynes is developed by
employing a π-bonded Co2 (CO) 6 core as a triple-bond immobilizing, cation-stabilizing …

The hexacarbonyldicobalt complexes of propargylic cations are generated readily,
predominantly from alkynedicobalt complexes bearing propargylic leaving groups. These …

Radical coupling reactions of Co2 (CO) 6-complexed 1, 4-enynes occur in a regio-and
stereoselective fashion, providing access to 3 E, 7 E-decadiene-1, 9-diynes in excellent …

Propargyl acetals are used as a new type of substrate in cobaltocene-induced radical
reactions stereodirected by a π-bonded Co2 (CO) 6 metal core. The experimental protocol …