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Accessing zinc(i) via reductive elimination of cyclopentadienes

Benjamin Pitz, ORCID logo a   Sergi Danés, ORCID logo *b   Bernd Morgensterna  and  André Schäfer ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus Saarbrücken, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
E-mail: andre.schaefer@uni-saarland.de

b Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Avinguda Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
E-mail: sdanes@iciq.es

Abstract

The reaction between zincocenes and β-diketiminate zinc hydrides was investigated, and the compounds were found to undergo reductive elimination reactions, giving the corresponding zinc(I) species and cyclopentadienes as the elimination product. The zinc(I) compounds underwent disproportionation reactions in several cases and a ligand exchange reaction in one instance, which gave rise to octaisopropyldizincocene.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC06448A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Nov 2025
Accepted
10 Dec 2025
First published
08 Jan 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Accessing zinc(I) via reductive elimination of cyclopentadienes

B. Pitz, S. Danés, B. Morgenstern and A. Schäfer, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC06448A

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