First characterisation of zirconium enolate radical cations in solution and their mesolytic bond cleavage to zirconocene cations

Abstract

Zirconocene enolate radical cations are generated and characterised in solution for the first time; the sterically congested radical cations undergo a mesolytic Zr–O bond cleavage process yielding zirconocene cations, the kinetics of which are determined.

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