PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF (η-C5H5)2 ZrCl AND (η-C5H5)2Zr2; TRIMETHYLSILYL GROUP TRANSFER FROM MERCURY TO ZIRCONIUM

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)92674-3

Two silyl-zirconium compounds (η-C5H5)2ZrCl (I) and (η-C5H5)2-Zr2 (II), have been prepared by the reaction of η(C5H5)2ZrCl2 with Hg2 in refluxing benzene.While I is unreactive toward 1-hexyne (55-60 deg C) and CO (350 psi), t