RADIKALISCHE REAKTIONSWEGE BEI THERMISCH INDUZIERTEN UMSETZUNGEN VON ZIRCONOCENKOMPLEXEN

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(82)85115-6

The formation of products 2, 3 and 4(a-l) from both the reaction of εta²-bezophenone zirconocene 1 with alkyl halides and the thermolysis of the α-(Cp₂ZrCl)-substituted benzhydrylmethylether 9, the latter proceeding with anchimeric assistance of the metal, can be understood assuming a stepwise reaction path through radical intermediates.The proposed intermediate transition-metal benzophenone ketyl 12 exhibits a reaction pattern differing from analogous main-group-metal ketyls.