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Synthesis of an ansa-Zirconocene via a Novel S4 -Symmetric Spirobis(silastannaindacene) Compound
Mario Hüttenhofer1, Frank Schaper1, Hans H Brintzinger1
1Fakultät für Chemie der Universität, Fach M 737, 78457 Konstanz (Germany), Fax: (+49) 7531-883-137.
Abstract:
A stereoselective reaction of Sn(NMe2 )4 with the silyl-bridged bis(cyclopentadienyl) derivative 1 generates the novel spiro compound 2, in which two C2 -symmetric six-membered rings of opposite configuration are joined at a tin center: One ring is R,R-, and the other S,S-configured. Subsequent reaction with two equivalents of ZrCl4 affords, by stereoselective Sn/Zr exchange, exclusively the C2 -symmetric isomer of the ansa-zirconocene rac-3.
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