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Benzylation of [Zr(eta(5)-C5H5){eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}Cl-2] 1 yi
elds 5)-C5H5){eta(5)-C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}(CH2C6H5)(2)] 2, which react
s with either B(C6F5)(3) or [Ph3C][B(C6F5)(4)] to generate the same ca
tion, 3+, which has been fully characterised by H-1, C-13 NMR and H-1
DNMR spectroscopy.