Recent efforts in our group have focused on the preparation and characterization of zirconocenes with a phosphine linker (PhP). Specifically, synthesis of a rac/meso mixture of singly linked PhP(t-Bu-Cp)2Zr{PhN(CH2)3NPh}2 and conversion to the corresponding zirconocene dichlorides will be presented. Progress towards the synthesis of a doubly linked zirconocene, [(Me2Si)(PhP){C5H2-4-t-Bu}2]ZrCl2, will also be discussed. Structural analysis of these singly and doubly bridged zirconocenes has the potential to reveal valuable insights for issues of regiocontrol in Ziegler-Natta polymerization.
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