Constrained geometry complexes of titanium (IV) and zirconium (IV) involving cyclopentadienyl fused to thiophene ring

Constrained geometry complexes (CGCs) of titanium (IV) and zirconium (IV) containing isomeric cyclopentadienyls fused to thiophene fragment, i.e., 4,5-dimethylcyclopenta[b]thienyl and 5,6-dimethylcyclopenta[b]thienyl, have been prepared and unambiguously characterized. The molecular structure of the titanium complex [eta(5)-(5,6-dimethylcyclopenta[b]thienyl)SiMe2((NBu)-Bu-t)-eta(1)]TCl2 was established by X-ray crystal structure analysis. Preliminary studies showed that the studied CGCs/MAO are active olefin polymerization catalysts. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.