“…806 In the (Cp)cobaltacyclopentadiene complexes 347 (eq 92), the metal atom can be replaced by sulfur, selenium, or NR, thus completing a [2+2+1] protocol, and producing thiophenes, selenophenes, and pyrroles. 583 The same type of reaction has been carried out with the rhodacyclopentadiene complexes 503 (eq 132) of Mü ller et al 807,808 The chalcogene atom is introduced by reaction with oxygen gas or hydrogen peroxide, elemental sulfur, red selenium, and amorphous thallium, and the nitrogen by reaction with phenylazide or nitrosobenzene. The metal fragment can also be replaced by a carbonyl group on reaction with CO. 809 Complexes of type 503 are further the isolated intermediates in the "diyne-reaction" which follows a [2+2+2] protocol producing (fused) aromatic systems (see below).…”