title: A slipped multi-decker zirconium complex with an η7:η2-bridging cycloheptatrienyl ligand.
abstract: The complex [(η(7)-C(7)H(7))Zr{N(SiMe(3))(2)}(thf)] (2) loses THF upon sublimation to afford a chain polymer consisting of [(η(7)-C(7)H(7))Zr{N(SiMe(3))(2)}] (3) units; they are connected by cycloheptatrienyl ligands in an unprecedented antifacial η(7):η(2)-bridging mode. The basicity of the bis(trimethylsilyl)amido ligand can also be used to introduce other ligands by acid-base reactions.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glöckner
authors.forename: Constantin G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Daniliuc
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freytag
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamm