Wa. Herrmann et al., BETA-SI-H AGOSTIC RIGIDITY IN A SOLVENT-FREE INDENYL-DERIVED ANSA-YTTROCENE SILYLAMIDE, Organometallics, 16(9), 1997, pp. 1813-1815
The novel ansa-yttrocene complex [(eta(5)-C9H5-2-Me)(2)SiMe2]Y[N(SiHMe
2)(2)], derived from a linked bis(indenyl) ligand, has been prepared b
y an amine elimination reaction. Utilization of Y[N(SiHMe2)(2)](3)(THF
)(2) as a sterically flexible amide precursor ensures a high-yield syn
thesis, favorable solubility behavior, and the formation of two beta-S
i-H agostically fused metallacycles.