RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Zirconium and hafnium complexes with (allylsilyl)(η-amidosilyl)-η5-cyclopentadienyl ligands: synthesis, structure and reactivity A1 Ramos Martín, Cristina A1 Royo Gracia, Pascual A1 Lanfranchi, Maurizio A1 Pellinghelli, Maria Angela A1 Tiripicchio, Antonio K1 Insertion K1 Isocyanides K1 Hafnium K1 Metallocenes K1 Zirconium K1 Ciencia K1 Química inorgánica K1 Science K1 Chemistry, inorganic AB The disubstituted cyclopentadiene C5H4(SiMe2Cl)[SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)] was isolated by reaction of the lithium salt [Li{C5H4SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)}] with SiMe2Cl2. It was then treated with NH2tBu and LiNH(2,6-Me2C6H3) to give the (aminosilyl)cyclopentadienes C5H4[SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)][SiMe2(NHR)], which were further deprotonated to their dilithium salts [Li2{1-SiMe2NR-3-SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)C5H3}] (R = tBu, 2,6-Me2C6H3). Reactions of the metal halides ZrCl4(THF)2 and HfCl4 with these dilithium salts, followed by alkylation of the resulting dichloro complexes, afforded the (η1-amidosilyl)-η5-cyclopentadienyl complexes [M{η5-C5H3(SiMe2-η1-NR)[SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)]}X2] (R = tBu, 2,6-Me2C6H3; X = Cl, Me, CH2Ph; M = Zr, Hf). Only the bis(iminoacyl) complexes [M{η5-C5H3(SiMe2-η1-NtBu)[SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)]}{η2-CR=N(2,6-Me2C6H3)}2] (M = Zr, Hf; R = Me, CH2Ph) could be isolated when the dialkylzirconium and -hafnium complexes were treated with CN(2,6-Me2C6H3); these were slowly transformed into the C–C-coupled diazametallacyclopentene compounds [M{η5-C5H3(SiMe2-η1-NtBu)[SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)]}{η1-N(2,6-Me2C6H3)-CR=CR-η1-N(2,6-Me2C6H3)}] (R = Me, CH2Ph, M = Zr; R = Me, M = Hf) when their toluene solutions were heated to 70 °C–80 °C for long periods (2–4 d). The structural characterisation of all of the new compounds is described and the molecular structure of the dimeric dichlorozirconocene [ZrCl(μ-Cl){η5-C5H3(SiMe2-η1-NtBu)[SiMe2(CH2CH=CH2)]}]2, was determined by X-ray diffraction methods. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005) PB John Wiley & Sons SN 1099-0682 YR 2005 FD 2005 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/4182 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/4182 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 02-may-2024