In the past few years, a series of progresses (Nat. Chem., 2013, 5, 698; Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, 3265; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 6232; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 3102; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 6181) on the project of metallapentalyne have been published. Recently, we found that the metallapentalynes can be easily synthesized.

In the past few years, a series of progresses (Nat. Chem., 2013, 5, 698; Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, 3265; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 6232; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 3102) on the project of metallapentalyne have been published our group. Recently, we found that two anti-aromatic systems could be stabilized by one metal fragment simultaneously.

April 2015: Hui's paper, entitled "An Unconventional Route to Monodisperse and Intimate Semiconducting Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites", was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations.

Recently, we found that the σ-aromaticity wass first determined to be dominating in an unsaturated system.. This research has been published on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2015, 54, 3102) entitled “sigma-Aromaticity in an unsaturated ring: Osmapentalene derivatives containing a metallacyclopropene unit”.

Recently, we reported the first metal-bridged tricyclic aromatic system. This research has been published on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2014, 53, 6181) entitled “A Metal-Bridged Tricyclic Aromatic System: Synthesis of Osmium Polycyclic Aromatic Complexes”.

Recently, we reported the first planar Möbius aromatic system. This research has been published on Nature Communications (2014, 5, 3265) entitled “Planar Möbius Aromatic Pentalenes Incorporating 16 and 18 Valence Electron Osmiums”.