New syntheses of ansa-metallocenes or unbridged substituted metallocenes by the respective reductive dimerization of fulvenes with Group 4 metal divalent halides or with Group 4 metal dichloride dihydrides

Polyhedron

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1325-1339

  Eisch, John J ^a   Owuor, Fredrick A ^a   Shi, Xian ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fulvenes; Group 4 metals; Hydrometallation; Metallocenes; Reductive dimerization

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744453969     PISSN: 02775387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2005.03.020     Document Type: Article

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