Y. Obora et al., ANCILLARY LIGAND EFFECTS IN CHIRAL C-1-SYMMETRICAL ANSA-METALLOCENE CATALYSTS FOR STEREOREGULAR ALPHA-OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION - WINGSPAN MODIFICATION WITH OCTAHYDROFLUORENE, Organometallics, 16(12), 1997, pp. 2503-2505
The synthesis and activity as precatalysts for stereoregular a-olefin
polymerization of the chiral C-1-symmetric zirconocene complexes (R)-
and (S)-Me2Si(eta(5)C(13)H(16))(eta(5)-C5H3R)ZrR2, where C13H16 = oct
ahydrofluorenyl, R = NMe2, Cl, or Me, and R = R,2S,5R)-trans-5-methyl
-cis-2-(2-propyl)cyclohexyl ((-)-menthyl), are described.