Template controlled synthesis of a coordinated [11]ane-P2CNHC macrocycle

Rhenium complex [5] Cl with the coordinated [11] ane-P2CNHC macrocycle was obtained by a metal template controlled ring formation reaction; in this reaction a coordinated NH, NH-stabilised imidazolidin-2-ylidene ligand was connected via the nitrogen atoms to two phenyl substituents of a 2-fluorophenyl substituted diphosphine ligand.