Examples of the activation of two or more CH bonds in arenes or heteroarenes are rare. In recent studies, we have found that certain polynuclear metal carbonyl complexes, such as Re2(CO)8(μ-C6H5)(μ-H) and Os3(CO)10(NCMe)2, are able to react two or more times with selected aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene, naphthalene and anthracene, and heteroarenes such as furan and thiophene through a series of CH activations to yield interesting new multiply-CH activated arenes and heteroarenes that can lead to opening of the ring systems in the case of the heteroarenes.

Multiple activations of CH bonds in arenes and heteroarenes

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