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Synthesis and formal ring-opening reactions of (η5-C 5Me5)Zr[η2-CH2CH(C 6H5)][N(iPr)C(Me)N(iPr)], a base-free η2-styrene complex of zirconium
Kissounko, Denis,Epshteyn, Albert,Fettinger, James C.,Sita, Lawrence R.
, p. 531 - 535 (2006)
Synthesis of a base-free η2-styrene complex of zirconium has been achieved and its molecular structure analyzed by X-ray crystallography. This compound undergoes protonolysis and σ-bond metathesis of a formal zirconacyclopropane ring with a variety of reagents. With phenylacetylene, ring opening occurs on the more substituted side, while Me3MCl (M = Si, Sn) effect ring opening on the least substituted side. Hydrogenolysis further proceeds rapidly to provide a zirconanorbornadiene derivative in high yield under conditions where a structurally related dimethyl complex remains inert.
