摘要:
                                Several examples are described where dimethylzirconocene is reacted with 1 molar equiv of dimeric alkynyldimethylaluminum reagents to give the doubly hydrocarbyl-bridged Cp2Zr(mu-C = CR)(mu-CR = CMe)-AlMe2 complexes 8 exhibiting a planar tetracoordinate carbon atom within the central metallacyclic ring system.  The molecular structure of an example (8a, R = Ph) was determined by X-ray diffraction methods.  Complex 8a crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1BAR with cell parameters a = 9.760 (1) angstrom, b = 16.453 (2) angstrom, c = 17.076 (2) angstrom, alpha = 67.53 (1)-degrees, beta = 84.40 (1)-degrees, gamma = 81.22 (1)-degrees, Z = 4, R = 0.035, and R(W) = 0.042.  The planar tetracoordinate carbon center (C3) exhibits four strong bonding interactions to neighboring atoms, namely two metal centers (Zr, Al) and two carbon atoms, all located in the same plane [bond distances (angstrom), C3-C1 = 1.324 (4), C3-C4 = 1.508 (5), C3-Al = 2.103 (3), C3-Zr = 2.47(1); bond angles (deg), C1,C3,C4 = 118.9 (2), C4,C3,Al = 96.8 (3), Al,C3,Zr = 83.2 (3), C1,C3,Zr = 61.0 (6) (all values averaged over the two observed independent molecules)].