M. Schmittel et R. Sollner, FIRST CHARACTERIZATION OF ZIRCONIUM ENOLATE RADICAL CATIONS IN SOLUTION AND THEIR MESOLYTIC BOND-CLEAVAGE TO ZIRCONOCENE CATIONS, Chemical communications, (5), 1998, pp. 565-566
Zirconocene enolate radical cations are generated and characterised in
solution for the first time; the sterically congested radical cations
undergo a mesolytic Zr-O bond cleavage process yielding zirconocene c
ations, the kinetics of which are determined.