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Zirconium and hafnium mono(alkyl) complexes containing a tridentate linked amido-tetramethylcyclopentadienyl ligand. Molecular structure of Hf(η5:η1:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NCH2CH2OCH3)Cl2

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Abstract Zirconium and hafnium complexes M( η 5 : η 1 : η 1 -C 5 Me 4 SiMe 2 NCH 2 CH 2 OMe)Cl 2 (M=Zr, Hf) containing the tridentate 2-methoxyethylamido-functionalized tetramethylcyclopentadienyl ligand C 5 Me 4 SiMe 2 NCH 2 CH 2 OMe have been synthesized by the reaction of the dilithium derivative Li 2 [C 5 Me 4 SiMe 2 NCH 2 CH 2 OMe] with MCl 4 (THF) 2 . Selective monoalkylation of the dichloro complexes gave complexes of the type M( η 5 : η 1 : η 1 -C 5 Me 4 SiMe 2 NCH 2 CH 2 OMe)(R)Cl (R=CH 2 Ph, o -C 6 H 4 CH 2 NMe 2 ). The crystal structure of the hafnium dichloro complex Hf( η 5 : η 1 : η 1 -C 5 Me 4 SiMe 2 NCH 2 CH 2 OMe)Cl 2 has been determined by X-ray crystal diffraction and shows a trigonal bipyramidal structure in which the five-membered ring and the methoxy function adopt the apical positions. Crystal data: monoclininc P 2 1 / c , a =12.069(2) A, b =15.362(3) A, c =9.949(2) A, β =92.04(1)°, V =1843.4(6) A 3 , Z =4, R =0.0471, R w =0.0952.