We report t
he synt
hesis of1-(chloromethylp
henylsilyl)cyclopentadiene. T
he reaction ofato
luene/CH
2Cl
2 suspension ofNbCl
5 with1-(SiClMeX)-1-(SiMe
3)C
5H
4 (X= Me, Ph) leads tot
he monocyclopentadienyl derivatives[M{
5-C
5H
4(SiClMeX)}Cl
4](X = Me, Ph) in 90 and78% yields, respectively. Reaction of 1 equiv of water with[M{
5-C
5H
4(SiClMe
2)}Cl
4]into
luene takes place with elimination of HCl, resulting in formation oft
he dinuclear niobiumoxo derivative[{(NbCl
2)
2(
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-O)(
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-Cl)
2}{(
5-C
5H
4)
2(Me
2SiOSiMe
2)}].Reaction of t
he complexes[M{
5-C
5H
4(SiClMeX)}Cl
4]with LiNH
tBu and NEt
3 in to
luene leads tot
he half-sandwichimido complexes[Nb{
5-C
5H
4(SiClMeX)}Cl
2(N
tBu)](X = Me, Ph), which react at roomtemperature with 1 equiv ofMg(CH
2Ph)
2(THF)
2 togive t
he imido dibenzyl complexes [Nb{
5-C
5H
4(SiClMeX)}(CH
2Ph)
2(N
tBu)](X = Me, Ph). T
he reaction of t
he chloro imidocomplexes[Nb{
5-C
5H
4(SiClMeX)}Cl
2(N
tBu)]with excessMg(CH
2Ph)
2(THF)
2 on
heating for2-3 days to 80-90 and 50-60
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C, respectively, takes place,affording t
he totally alkylatedcomplexes[Nb{
5-C
5H
4[Si(CH
2Ph)MeX]}(CH
2Ph)
2(N
tBu)](X = Me, Ph). T
he chloro benzylderivative[Nb{
5-C
5H
4(SiClMe
2)}(CH
2Ph)Cl(N
tBu)],which could not be prepared by additionof t
he stoichiometric amount of t
he alkylating agent, was isolated inquantitative yield by
heating a mixture of t
he dichloro and dibenzyl complexes in to
luene at120
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C for 4 h. T
he18-electron imido
2-iminoacyl derivatives[Nb{(
5-C
5H
4(SiMeXY)}R(N
tBu){
2-C(CH
2Ph)=N(2,6-Me
2C
6H
3)}] (R =CH
2Ph, X = Cl, Y = Me, Ph; R =CH
2Ph, X = CH
2Ph, Y = Me, Ph;R= Cl, X = Cl, Y = Me) are formed w
hen t
he isoc
yanideCN(2,6-Me
2C
6H
3) is added to a
hexanesolution of t
he benzylimido complexes. T
he molecular structure oft
he oxo complex[{(NbCl
2)
2(
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-O)(
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-Cl)
2}{(
5-C
5H
4)
2(Me
2SiOSiMe
2)}]has been determined by X-ray diffraction methods.