A novel
Cs-symmetric yttrocene complex,
ansa-Me
2Si(
3-Flu)(
5-Cp')YCl
2Li(OEt
2)
2 (
3; Flu= C
13H
8, fluorenyl; Cp' = C
5Me
4), has been prepared via a salt metathesis reaction fromanhydrous YCl
3 and the dilithium salt of the ligand
ansa-Me
2Si(FluH)(Cp'H). Treatment of
3 with NaN(SiMe
3)
2 gave the corresponding bis(trimethylsilyl)amide derivative
ansa-Me
2Si(Flu)(
5-Cp')YN(SiMe
3)
2 (
4). The X-ray structure of
3 reveals unusual
3-fluorenylcoordination to the Y
3+ ion. In
4, the Y-Flu bonding being partially slipped toward
3 from
5,
-dative bonding nature in the Y-N bond and a direct interaction of the Y atom withone methyl group of the N(SiMe
3)
2 fragment are present. Both compounds constitute thefirst examples of structurally characterized fluorenyl
ansa-yttrocenes. The neutral compound
4 is active for the polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in toluene, affording iso-rich poly(MMA)s.