S. Bourg et al., NEW STABLE TITANOCENE AND ZIRCONOCENE CATALYST PRECURSORS FOR POLYSILANE SYNTHESIS VIA DEHYDROCOUPLING OF HYDROSILANES, Organometallics, 14(1), 1995, pp. 564-566
The titanium land zirconium complexes (eta(5)-C5H5)(2)M(OAr)(2) (M = T
i, Zr; Ar = C6H5, p-MeOC(6)H(4), p-MeC(6)H(4), p-ClC6H4, p-CNC6H4) are
shown to be convenient, stable precursors of dehydrocoupling catalyst
s. Their reactions with a primary silane, at 50 degrees C or below, ge
nerate active catalysts for RSiH(3) dehydrocoupling at 20 degrees C.