D. Rottger et al., FORMATION OF A [MU-(ETA(1)-N-ETA(2)-C,N)-ARYL CYANIDE]BISZIRCONOCENE CATION BY LIGAND-EXCHANGE REACTION, Chemische Berichte, 128(10), 1995, pp. 1045-1046
The planar-tetracoordinate carbon compound 4 exchanges the bridging mu
-(eta(1)-C:eta(2)-C,C)-2-butyne ligand for p-tolunitrile in dichlorome
thane at 90 degrees C to yield the [mu-(eta(1)-N:eta(2)-C,N)-aryl cyan
ide]dizirconium cation complex 2a. X-ray diffraction revealed an aza-a
llenyl-type character of the RCNZr moiety in this thermodynamically fa
vored (mu-nitrile)zirconium cation complex.