Heteroarylamido hafnium post-metallocenes with [C,N,N]l igands were functionalized by the insertion of small electrophilic unsaturated molecules into the C Ar ÀHf bond of the ligand, which gave rise to various1 ,1-and 1,2-insertion complexes with the modified ligands of previously unknown [] types. It was found that C 1 symmetry of the startingc omplexes, in some cases, results in the formationof two diastereoisomers after 1,1-or 1,2-insertion. Most of the obtained novel complexes were shownt of orm activec atalysts for olefin polymerization in the presence of MAO (methylaluminoxane). Thus, an ew approacht ot he feasible and easy "late stage" modification of the precatalyst structure has been suggested; it can be performed immediatelyp rior to the polymerization tests without isolation and even in ahigh-throughput manner.