Abstract

AbstractThe Si–Ph bond of PhSi[(CH2)3SiMe2Bz]3 (5) is cleaved with triflic acid to give TfOSi[(CH2)3SiMe2Bz]3, which, in turn, reacts with triethylammonium chloride or potassium cyclopentadienide to give, respectively, ClSi[(CH2)3SiMe2Bz]3 (8) and (C5H5)Si[(CH2)3SiMe2Bz]3 (10). This strategy can be applied to the post‐growth incorporation of nucleophiles to the focal point of carbosilane dendritic wedges. In this way, cyclopentadiene‐functionalized dendritic wedges of second and third generation C5H5‐Gn‐[(CH2)3SiMe2Bz]x (n = 2, x = 9, 11; n = 3, x = 27, 12) have been obtained starting from Ph‐Gn‐[(CH2)3SiMe2Bz]x (6, 7). The metallocenes [{(BzMe2SiCH2CH2CH2)3SiC5H4}2MCl2] (M = Ti, 14; Zr, 15) have also been obtained from 10 and their catalytic behavior in ethylene and propylene polymerization, using MAO as a cocatalyst, has been studied and compared to that of related non‐dendritic complexes. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)

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