ChemInform Abstract: Simple Route to Bis(3‐indenyl)methanes and the Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization Performance of Selected racemic‐Dichloro[methylenebis(R_n‐1‐indenyl)]zirconium Complexes.

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1999organo-zirconium compounds organo-zirconium compounds S 4400 -185Simple Route to Bis(3-indenyl)methanes and the Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization Performance of Selected racemic-Dichloro[methylenebis(Rn-1-indenyl)]zirconium Complexes.-Bis(indenyl)methanes are synthesized by a new, inexpensive and convenient method as described.They provide a facile entry to methylene-bridged ansazirconocenes, e.g. (XII), which are used as catalysts in the polymerization of ethylene and