Synthesis of some Zr
and Hf complexes with a phosphide-pendant cyclopentadienyl lig
andwas attempted via alkylation (tribenzylation, triallylation, or monotritylation) of thesecondary phosphine-pendant trichloride complex [{
5-C
5H
4(CH
2)
2P(H)Mes-
P}MCl
3(tht)] (
Zr-1,
Hf-1; Mes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl; tht = tetrahydrothiophene). The phosphide-pendantdibenzyl complex [{
5-C
5H
4(CH
2)
2PMes-
P}M(CH
2Ph)
2] (
Zr-5,
Hf-5)
and the phosphide-pendant diallyl complex [{
5-C
5H
4(CH
2)
2PMes-
P}M(allyl)
2] (
Zr-7,
Hf-7) were successfullyprepared through tribenzylation followed by thermolysis
and through triallylation, respectively, of
Zr-1 or
Hf-1. The phosphide-pendant dichloride complex [{
5-C
5H
4(CH
2)
2PMes-
P}MCl
2(
N-methylimidazole)
2] (
Zr-13,
Hf-13) was also obtained through monotritylation of
Zr-1 or
Hf-1 followed by the treatment with
N-methylimidazole,
and the X-ray crystalstructure of
Zr-13 was determined. In addition, the allyl-chloride exchange reaction between1 equiv of
Hf-1 and 2 equiv of
Hf-7 gave the unstable phosphide-pendant monoallylmonochloride Hf complex [{
5-C
5H
4(CH
2)
2PMes-
P}HfCl(allyl)] (
Hf-8), which was characterized as its derivatives [{
5-C
5H
4(CH
2)
2PMes-
P}Hf(Y)(allyl)] (Y
= C
6F
5,
Hf-14; Y
= NPh
2,
Hf-15; Y
= NEt
2,
Hf-16). It is proposed that the
3-alkyl-like lig
and (benzyl, allyl, or trityl)in the secondary phosphine-pendant complex serves as an effective H-abstracting group togenerate the corresponding phosphide-pendant complex with liberation of the alkyl-Hcoupling product.