Fischer, Malte and Schmidtmann, Marc and Beckhaus, Rüdiger
(2017)
Crystal structure of the formal 20 electron zirconocene pentafulvene complex Cp2Zr(η5,η1-adamantylidenepentafulvene):toluene:n-hexane = 1:0.125:0.125.
Acta crystallographica: Section E, Crystallographic communications, 73 (12).
pp. 1823-1826.
ISSN 2056-9890
Abstract
The crystal structure of a solvated zirconocene pentafulvene complex with a bulky adamantylidene substitution pattern, namely (η5,η1-adamantylidenepentafulvene)bis(η5-cyclopentadienyl)zirconium(IV)–toluene–n-hexane (8/1/1), [Zr(C15H18)(C5H5)2]·0.125C7H8·0.125C6H14, is reported. Reducing zirconocene dichloride with magnesium results in the formation of a low-valent zirconocene reagent that reacts readily with adamantylidenepentafulvene to give the aforementioned complex. Single crystal X-ray diffraction proves the dianion-like η5:η1 binding mode of the fulvene ligand to the central ZrIV atom. The asymmetric unit contains four independent molecules of [η5:η1-adamantylidenepentafulvene]bis[(η5)-cyclopentadienyl]zirconium(IV), together with half a molecule of toluene disordered with half a molecule of n-hexane (the solvent molecules have no direct influence on the complex). In each of the four complex molecules, the central ZrIV atom has a distorted tetrahedral coordination environment. The measured crystal consisted of two domains with a refined ratio of 0.77:0.23.
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