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Sydnones are mesioionic compounds studied for years for their versatile reactivity in substitution reactions, sydnone-alkyne or sydnone-alkene cycloaddition reactions. This perspective article focuses on the use of sydnones in coordination complexes, either through a metalation on one of the carbons of the sydnone ring, its modification to obtain polydentate ligands, or its use as a polar moiety that could influence the properties of the final complex. Such compounds are valuable either from a synthetic point of view or for their biological properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

N-Phenyl-4-(2-pyridinyl) sydnone was shown to act as a four-electron donor N,O-ligand in unprecedented coordination complexes featuring three different metallic centers (Co, Cu, and Zn). Starting with various anilines, the use of a ball-mill efficiently enabled the synthesis of N-arylglycines, subsequent nitrosylation and cyclization into sydnones, and further metalation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]