FACILE ALPHA-C-H ACTIVATION IN 14-ELECTRON ZIRCONIUM HALF-SANDWICH COMPOUNDS - EVIDENCE FOR A NEW CATALYST DEACTIVATION PATHWAY

Authors
PINDADO GJ THORNTONPETT M BOCHMANN M
Citation
Gj. Pindado et al., FACILE ALPHA-C-H ACTIVATION IN 14-ELECTRON ZIRCONIUM HALF-SANDWICH COMPOUNDS - EVIDENCE FOR A NEW CATALYST DEACTIVATION PATHWAY, Chemical communications, (6), 1997, pp. 609-610
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemical communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
13597345
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
609 - 610
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(1997):6<609:FAAI1Z>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The electron-deficient zirconium diene complex [Zr(Cp '')Me(C(4)H(4)Me z-2,3)] [Cp '' = C5H3(SiMe(3))(2)-1,3] cleanly eliminates methane to g ive an unusual dinuclear dienyl complex [Zr(Cp '')(mu-eta(1):eta(4)-C( 4)H(3)Me(2)-2,3)](2), characterised by a new type of mu-eta(1):eta(4)- butadienyl coordination mode; the complex and its zwitterionic reactio n product with B(C6F5)(3) provide support for catalyst deactivation pr ocesses involving alkane elimination reactions.