Structures and Properties of Nonchelated
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Francoise Sauriol; Elizabeth Wong; Angela M. H. Leung; Irja Elliott Donaghue; Mi
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract **Caught in the act**: An alkyl alkene Zr^IV^ complex (see picture; Cp=C~5~H~5~) has been synthesized and characterized for the first time. The alkene bonding mode is highly asymmetric, and C2 is quite carbocationic. There is also evidence for rotation about the C1C2 bond. This extreme