Ring substituted (R=Bu-t, SiMe3) metallocene dichlorides undergo a nucleoph
ilic substitution on one of the two rings upon the action of LiPPh2M'(CO)(x
) salts with the formation of chloro-hydrido complexes [C5H3(R)PPh2M'(CO)(x
)](C5H4R)M(H)Cl. Their UV irradiation leads to the chloro-bridged M(mu-Cl)M
' separable diastereoisomers. Use of the ansa-metallocene dichlorides [Me2X
(C5H4)(2)MCl2] (X=Si or C) allowed the access to the new bridging system [M
(mu-PPh2, mu-Cl)M'] (M=Mo, W; M'=W).