摘要:
Two crystalline complexes of bis(eta(1)-methylcyclopentadienyl)zinc, [Zn(C5H4Me)(2)(py)(2)] (1), where py is pyridine, and [Zn(C5H4Me)(2)(teeda)], 2, where teeda is N,N,N',N'-tetraethylethylenediamine have been isolated. The crystal structures of 1 and 2 are the first crystal structures for Zn(C5H4Me)(2) complexes reported in the literature; both structures display eta(1)-coordination of the methylcyclopentadienyl ring to zinc, and both compounds display chirogenic alpha-carbon atoms. While 1 forms racemic crystals, 2 undergoes spontaneous resolution and crystals of 2 are thus enantiomerically pure. H-1 NMR showed that Zn(C5H4Me)(2) is stereochemically labile in solution with only one signal for the Cp-protons. This fact opens up the possibility for total spontaneous resolution and absolute asymmetric synthesis. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.