Reductive coupling of phenylfulvene with amalgamated calcium metal followed by hydrolysis yields CpPhCHCHPhCp (1) in high yield. Refluxing ligand 1 and Fe(CO)5 in xylene produces (PhCHCHPh)-coupled bis(cyclopentadienyl) tetracacrbonyl dirron (PhCHCHPh)[(η5-C5H4)Fe(CO2]2 (2) as a mixture of meso (2-meso) and racemis isomers (2-rac). The pure reacmic isomers of the Mo and W analogues (3-rac and 4-rac) have been synthesized by lithiation of ligand 1 and addition of (MeCN)3M(CO)3(M=Mo,W) followed by oxidation with 2 equiv. of ferrocenium tetrafluroborate. All the new complexs have been fully charac-terrized. The meolecular structure of 1-meso, 2-meso, 2-rac, 3-rac, and 4-rac have been determinde by X-ray diffraction analysis.

Reactions of CpArCHCHArCp [Ar=Ph (1), p-MeOC6H4 (2)] with Ru3(CO)12 in refluxing xylene afforded the unexpected bridgeing C-C cleavage and cyclopentadienyl coupling products: the 2,2'-bisubstituted fulvalene diruthenium complexes (η5:η5-2,2'-ArCH2C5H3C5H3CH2Ar)Ru2(CO)4 [Ar=Ph (5),p-MeOC6H4 (9)] and the partially hydorgented products (η5:η3-ArCH2C5H3C5H6CHAr)Ru2(CO)4 [Ar=Ph(4), p-MeOC6H4 (8)], in addition to the normal bridged bis(cyclopentadienyl) tetracarbonyl diruthenium complexes (ArCHCHAr)[η5-C5H4)Ru(CO)]2(μ-CO)2[Ar=Ph(7),p-MeOC6H4 (10)]. When ligand (tBuC5H4)PhCHCHPh(tBuC5H4) (3) reacted with Ru3(CO)12, the tetrasubstituted fulvalene diruthenium complex (η5:η5-PhCH2tBuC5H2C5H2tBuCH2Ph)Ru2(CO)4 (11) and three normal bridged bis-(cyclopentadienyl) diruthenium complexes (PhCHCHPh)[(η5-tBuC5H3)Ru(CO)]2(μ-CO)2 (12-14) were obtained. The molecular structures of 4, 5, 7-meso, 7-rac, 8, 10-meso, 11, 12, 13, and 14 were determined by X-ray diffraction. The stereochemistry of the reaction was also studied, and the possible mechanism was discussed.

合成了一系列亚环烷基桥连环戊二烯基茂金属化合物（CH2）nC（C5H4）2MCI2[M=Ti，n=4（4），5（5），6（6）; M=Zr，n=4（10）、5（11）、6（12）]，用甲基铝氧烷（MAO）作助催化剂研究了其催化乙烯聚合反应。其中亚环烷基桥连环戊二烯基钛化合物的催化活性远高于相应的锆和铪类似物，且在较高温度显示其最高活性。为进行对比，合成了亚硅杂环戊基桥连环戊二烯基茂金属化合物（CH2）4Si（C5H4）2MCI2（M-Ti，Zr）和亚异丙基桥连环戊二烯基茂金属化合物Me2C（C5H4）2MCI（M=Ti，Zr）并用于催化乙烯聚合。在这两种催化剂中，钛化合物的催化活性都远离于相应的锆类似物，尤其是在较低温度下。用X-射线衍射分析测定了化合物4～9的晶体结构。对催化剂结构与催化活性的关系，特别是桥链的影响进行了讨论。

The indenyl iron compound (η5-C9H7)Fe(η5-C5H5) (1) was found to react with benzyne, generated from o-trimethylsilylphenyl triflate by fluoride-induced 1, 2-elimination, to afford the Diels-Alder adduct 1,2-(1,4-dihydro-naphthalen-1,4-diyl)ferrocene (2). When the bis-(indenyl) iron complexes (η5-R-C9H6)2Fe [R=H(3); 2-Me(6); 1-SiMe3(9)] reacted with benzyne, the bisadducts [R=H(5); 2-Me(8); 1-SiMe3(11)] were obtained along with the corresponding monoadducts [R=H(4); 2-Me(7); 1-SiMe3(10)]. The reaction of teramethyl-dislyene-bridged bis(indenyl) iron (Me2SiSiMe2)(η5-C9H6)2Fe(12) with benzyne gave only the monoadduct (13). Complex 2 was also tested for ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) in the presence of Grubbs' catalyst [(PCy3)2RuCl2=CHPh] but was found to be inactive under normal conditions. The molecular structures of 2, 5, 8, and 13 have been determinde by X-ray diffraction.

Thermal treatment of the prydyl side-chain-func-tionalized cyclopentadiense with Fe(CO)5 and Ru3(CO)12 gave different intramolecular C-H activated products, in addittion to the normal dinuclear metal complexs. Reactions of the dinuclear metal complexs with I2 also gave different metal iodide complexes.

A series of doubly bridged dinuclear titanium and zirconium complexes (Me2C)(Me2E)(C5H3)2(Cp'MCI2)2 [E=Si,Cp'=C5H5, M=Ti (1), Zr (2); E=Ge, Cp'=C5H5, M=Ti (3), Zr (4); Cp'=C5Me4H, M=Zr, E=Si (5), Ge (6)] and (Me2SiOSiMe2)2(C5H3)2(Cp'MCI2)2[Cp'=C5H5, M=Ti (7), Zr (8); Cp=C5Me4H, M=Zr (9)] were synthesized by the reaction of the lithium compounds of the corresponding doubly bridged cyclopentadienyl ligands with CpTiCl3, CpZrCl3(THF)2 or C5Me4HZrCl3, respectively. These complexes were characterized by 1H-NMR, MS and elemental analysis. The crystal structure of 4 was determined by the X-ray diffraction. Their catalytic properties for ethylene polymerization were also studied in the presence of MAO.

Treatment of (Me2SiSiMe2)[η5-C5H3R1)Fe(CO)]2(u-CO)2(R1=H(1), R1=t-Bu(5)) with R2NC(R2=C6H11, t=Bu) in benzene afforded isocyanide-substituted complexes [(η5:η5-C5H3R1-Me2SiMe2C5H3R1)Fe2(CO)(CNR2)(u-CO)2] (R1=H, R2=t-Bu(4); R1=R2=t-Bu(6)). Turther investigations indicated that the cis substrate 5c afforded only the cis product (6c), while the trans substrate 5t afforded only the trans product (6t). When 3 and 4 were heated respectively in xylene, three different rearranged products (6t). When 3 and 4 were heated respectively in xylene, three different rearranged products [{(Me2Si)(η5-C5H4)-Fe(CO)L1}{(Me2Si)(η5-C5H4)-Fe(CO)L2}](L1=L2=CO(2); L1=C6H11NC, L2=CO(7), L2=C6H11NC(9); L1=t-BuNC, L2=CO(8), L2=t-BuNC(10)) were obtained. Similarly, thermal treatment of 6t afforded three different cls rearranged products, 11c, 12c, and 13c, while treatment of 6c afforded three different cis rearranged products, 11t, 12t, and 13t, This indicated that the rearrangement still follows the reaction mechanism proposed previously on the basis of the intramolecular nature of this reaction mechanism proposed previously on the basis of the intramolecular nature of this reaction if we only take into accunt the configuration of two tert-buty1 groups on the Cp rings. To explain the formation of three different products, an alternative mechanism involving free ligand exchange to from three different iron-centerde radical intermediater is proposed as a supplement to the previous mechanism. The complex stereochemistry in the moecules of 12 and 13 is discussed. Molecular structures of 8,9t, 12t, and 13c have benn determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

Complexes (Me2GeGeMe2)[η5-C5R4)Fe(CO)]2(u-CO)2(R=H, 1; Me, 3) 1 and 3, prepared by the reaction of C5R4HMe2GeGeMe2C5R4H with Fe(CO)5 in refluxing xylene, underwent a novel thermal reaction between their Ge-Ge and Fe-Fe bonds, forming corresponding rearrangement products with new cyclic structures, [Me2Ge(η5-C5R4)Fe(CO)2]2(R=H, 2; Me 4). Compared with the case of silicon, the weaker Ge-Ge bond resulted in an easier rearrangement reaction. Reactions of 1 with indine and sodium amalgam were examined. Molecular structures of 1, 2, 3, and 4 were determined by X-ray diffraction.

When the doubly bridged bis(cyclopentadiene) ligand (Me2C)(Me2Si)(C5H4)2 (1) reacted with Fe(CO)5 in refluxing toluene, the unusual product [(C5H6)(Me2C)(Me2Si)(η5-C5H3)Fe(CO)]2-(μ-CO)2 (2) with a hydrogenated double bond in one of the cyclopentadiene ligands, the diiron complex (Me2C)(Me2Si)[(η5-C5H3)Fe(CO)2]2 (3), and the desilylation product 4 were obtained. When the reaction was performed in refluxing xylene, the novel complex (Me2C)(η5-C5H3)-(η5:η1-C5H3)[(Me2Si)Fe(CO)2][Fe(CO)2] (5) with and Fe-Si bond, which should be accompanied by the cleavage of a C-Si bond in the ligand, was isolated in addition to the complees 2～4. When bis(cyclopentadienyl) ligands bridged with R2C (R2C=Me2C, (CH2)5C)AND Me2E(E=Si, Ge) groups were used instead of 1, the similar novel complexes (R2C)(η5-C5H3)(η5:η1-C5H3)[(Me2E)Fe(CO)2] (R2C=Me2C, E=Ge (7); R2C=(CH2)5C, E=Si(17), Ge (21)) with and Fe-E bond were obtained in addition to the diiron complexes (R2C)(Me2E)-[(η5-C5H3)Fe(CO)]2[Fe(CO)2](R2C=Me2C, E=Ge (8); R2C=(CH2)5C,E=Si (18), Ge (22)) and the desilylation or degermylation products. When a tert-butyl group was introduced into the cyclopentadienyl rings, or two phenyl groups were introduced at the bridging silicon atom instead of two methyl groups in 1, only the diiron complexes (Me2C)(Me2E)[η5-t-BuC5H2]Fe(CO)2]2 (E=Si(10), Ge (13)) and (Me2C)(Ph2Si)[(η5-C5H3)Fe(CO)2]2 (15) were obtained, in addition to the desilylatin or degermylation products. Whem a methylene bridge was used instead of an isopropylene bridge in 1 and 6, the partially hydrogenated complexes (Me2E)(η3-CHC5H6)(η5-C5H3)Fe(CO)3Fe(CO)2(E=Si(24),Ge (28)), the diiron complexes (CH2)(Me2E)[(η5-C5H3)Fe(CO)]2(μ-CO)2(E=Si (25), Ge (29)), and the desilylation or degermylation products were obtained. The molecular structures of 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11t, 15, 17, 18, 21, 24, 25, 28, and 29 were determinde by X-ray diffraction.