Group 9 Metal Complexes of meso‐Aryl‐Substituted Rubyrin

The metalation of meso‐tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)‐substituted 26]rubyrin has been explored with Group 9 metal salts (Rh^I, Co^II, Ir^III), affording a Hückel aromatic 26]rubyrin–bis‐Rh^I complex with a highly curved gable‐like structure, a Hückel antiaromatic 24]rubyrin–bis‐Co^II complex that displays intramolecular antiferromagnetic coupling between the two Co^II ions (J=?4.5 cm^?1), and two Cp*‐capped Ir^III complexes; in one, the iridium metal sits on the 26]rubyrin frame with two Ir?N bonds, whereas the other has an additional Ir?C bond, although both Ir^III complexes display moderate aromatic character. This work demonstrates characteristic metalation abilities of this 26]rubyrin toward Group 9 metals.