Chemistry of some cation-like silyl zirconocene complexes

he aim of this study was to explore applied and mechanistic aspects of the silane dehydropolymerization reaction catalyzed by cationic early transition metallocene compounds. This problem was dealt with by a combination of spectroscopic techniques, kinetic studies, and trapping of reaction intermediates. The results of this integrated approach allow the proposal of a new redox mechanism for the dehydropolymerization reaction which explains and predicts the reactivity and selectivity of cationic early transition metal catalysts.;The novel zirconocene complexes ;A key step in the synthesis of the active dehydrocoupling catalyst is the thermal decomposition of ;A kinetic study of the photochemical reaction of ;The use of ``cation-like'' metallocene combination catalysts...