When the doubly bridged bis(cyclopentadiene) ligand (Me
2C)(Me
2Si)(C
5H
4)
2 (
1) reacted withFe(CO)
5 in refluxing toluene, the unusual product [(C
5H
6)(Me
2C)(Me
2Si)(
5-C
5H
3)Fe(CO)]
2(
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-CO)
2 (
2) with a hydrogenated double bond in one of the cyclopentadiene ligands, the diironcomplex (Me
2C)(Me
2Si)[(
5-C
5H
3)Fe(CO)
2]
2 (
3), and the desilylation product
4 were obtained.When the reaction was performed in refluxing xylene, the novel complex (Me
2C)(
5-C
5H
3)(
5:
1-C
5H
3)[(Me
2Si)Fe(CO)
2][Fe(CO)
2] (
5) with an Fe-Si bond, which should be accompaniedby the cleavage of a C-Si bond in the ligand, was isolated in addition to the complexes
2~
4.When bis(cyclopentadienyl) ligands bridged with R
2C (R
2C = Me
2C, (CH
2)
5C) and Me
2E(E = Si, Ge) groups were used instead of
1, the similar novel complexes (R
2C)(
5-C
5H
3)(
5:
1-C
5H
3)[(Me
2E)Fe(CO)
2][Fe(CO)
2] (R
2C = Me
2C, E = Ge (
7); R
2C = (CH
2)
5C, E = Si (
17), Ge(
21)) with an Fe-E bond were obtained in addition to the diiron complexes (R
2C)(Me
2E)[(
5-C
5H
3)Fe(CO)]
2(
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-CO)
2 (R
2C = Me
2C, E = Ge (
8); R
2C = (CH
2)
5C, E = Si (
18), Ge (
22))and the desilylation or degermylation products. When a
tert-butyl group was introducedinto the cyclopentadienyl rings, or two phenyl groups were introduced at the bridging siliconatom instead of two methyl groups in
1, only the diiron complexes (Me
2C)(Me
2E)[(
5-
t-BuC
5H
2)Fe(CO)
2]
2 (E = Si(
10), Ge (
13)) and (Me
2C)(Ph
2Si)[(
5-C
5H
3)Fe(CO)
2]
2 (
15) wereobtained, in addition to the desilylation or degermylation products. When a methylene bridgewas used instead of an isopropylene bridge in
1 and
6, the partially hydrogenated complexes(Me
2E)(
3-CHC
5H
6)(
5-C
5H
3)Fe(CO)
3Fe(CO)
2 (E = Si (
24), Ge (
28)), the diiron complexes(CH
2)(Me
2E)[(
5-C
5H
3)Fe(CO)]
2(
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-CO)
2 (E = Si (
25), Ge (
29)), and the desilylation ordegermylation products were obtained. The molecular structures of
2,
3,
5,
7,
8,
10,
11t,
15,
17,
18,
21,
24,
25,
28, and
29 were determined by X-ray diffraction.