Reaction of the dilithium salts Li
2{C
5H
3[1-SiMe
2(NR)][3-SiMe
2(CH
2CH=CH
2)]} with TiCl
3(THF)
3and further oxidation with PbCl
2 gave the allylsilyl-substituted
1-amidosilyl-
5-cyclopentadienyltitanium(IV) complexes [Ti{
5-C
5H
3(SiMe
2-
1-NR)[SiMe
2(CH
2CH=CH
2)]}Cl
2] (R =
tBu,
1; 2,6-Me
2C
6H
3,
2).Complex
1 was reacted with MeMgCl and (CH
2Ph)MgCl to give the dialkyl complexes [Ti{
5-C
5H
3(SiMe
2-
1-N
tBu)[SiMe
2(CH
2CH=CH
2)]}R
2] (R = Me,
3; CH
2Ph,
4). Reaction of
1 and relatedmonocyclopentadienyl zirconium and hafnium complexes with Na(C
5H
5) gave the
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-amidosilyl metallocenederivatives [M(
5-C
5H
5){
5-C
5H
3(SiMe
2-
1-N
tBu)[SiMe
2(CH
2CH=CH
2)]}Cl] (M = Ti,
5; Zr,
6; Hf,
7),which were further methylated with MeMgCl and MeLi to give the methyl derivatives [M(
5-C
5H
5){
5-C
5H
3(SiMe
2-
1-N
tBu)[SiMe
2(CH
2CH=CH
2)]}Me] (M = Ti,
8; Zr,
9). Insertion of CN(2,6-Me
2C
6H
3)into the Zr-Me bond of complex
9 afforded the iminoacyl derivative [Zr(
5-C
5H
5){
5-C
5H
3(SiMe
2-
1-N
tBu)[SiMe
2(CH
2CH=CH
2)]}{
1-CMe[N(2,6-Me
2C
6H
3)]}],
10. Methyl abstraction by reaction of theamidosilyl-metallocene compounds
8 and
9 with B(C
6F
5)
3 gave the ionic species [M(
5-C
5H
5){
5-C
5H
3(SiMe
2-
1-N
tBu)[SiMe
2(CH
2-
2-CH=CH
2)]}]
+[MeB(C
6F
5)
3]
- (M = Ti,
11; Zr,
12) stabilized bycoordination of the allyl olefinic moiety, whereas similar benzyl abstraction reactions from the dibenzyl-amidosilyl-monocyclopentadienyl compounds produced further benzyl-migratory insertion of the
2-coordinated olefinic moiety to give the cyclic alkyl complexes [M{
5-C
5H
3(SiMe
2-
1-N
tBu)[SiMe
2-CH
2-CH(CH
2Ph)-CH
2]}]
+[(CH
2Ph)B(C
6F
5)
3]
- (M = Zr,
13; Hf,
14). The new compounds werecharacterized by elemental analysis and NMR spectroscopy, and the molecular structures of complexes
2,
6, and
7 were determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The chloro complexes
1 and
5-
7 were studiedas catalyst precursors in the polymerization of different olefins and the copolymerization of ethylene/1-hexene, after activation with MAO.