Olefin rearrangements to alkylidynes and alkylidenes driven by acids, bases, or light, and dinitrogen cleavage to nitride (depicted here) are all possible with the aid of transition metals anchored to a preorganised oxo surface, illustrated by calix[4]arene anions.
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Carlo Floriani (1999) studied this question.