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transfer,14 to create self-assembled monolayers (SAMs),15 to
prepare one-dimensional molecular wires and to use them in
molecular electronics to span metal surfaces/electrodes,15 and,
finally, to synthesize coordination polymers.2e-g,16
physical properties of homo- and heterobimetallic transition-
metal complexes in which a π-conjugated organic ligand spans
the two transition-metal atoms.18,19
A series of redox-active model compounds have been
synthesized, such as (η5-C5Me5)(dppe)Fe-CtCCtC-Fe(η5-
With regard to these topics, special attention was drawn to
alkynyl-stabilized organocopper(I) and -silver(I) species.2 While
the use of alkyne-stabilized inorganic and organic group 11
metal fragments has lately been reviewed in detail,2 we focus
here on recent results obtained in the field of electron transfer
based on organometallic π-tweezers.14
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