Synthesis and reactions of a zirconocene-benzdiyne equivalent
“Synthesis and reactions of a zirconocene-benzdiyne equivalent”, Tet. Lett., 1990, 31(39), 5563-5566.
The zirconocene complex of 3-methoxy-4-[(methyl)zirconocene]banzyne, 1, has been prepared and isolated as its trimethylphosphine adduct. In addition, the reaction of 1 with a variety of unsaturated organic molecules has been investigated. In these reactions, 1 serves as the synthetic equivalent of the bis(zirconocene)3-mathoxybenzdiyne complex.