The fluxional behaviour of triphenylmethyl substituted cyclopentadienyl metal cornpounds. -Summary. 1H-NMR. spectroscopy has been used to study the influence of the triphenylmethyl substituent on the metallotropic rearrangement in CSHQJCPI~~) Si(CH3)3 and CbH4 (CPh3) Sn(CH3)a. The most likely mechanism corresponds to a degenerate metal exchange between two neighbouring ring positions. The AA'XX' spectrum of the cyclopcntadienyl ring protons in CsH4(CPh3) Sn(CH3)3 has been analysed under rapid exchange conditions. The free energy of activation for the sigmatropic [1,5]-Sn shift has been measured by comparison with computer simulated spectra for slow exchange.Einleitung. -Die Cyclopentadienylnietallverbindungen des Siliciums, Germaniums und Zinns gehoren zu den ersten fluktuierenden metallorganischen Molekeln, die entdeckt und als solche erkannt worden sind [l]. In allen Fallen erfolgt die Umlagerung intramolekular als sigmatropische Metallverschiebung der Ordnung [1,5] entsprechend dem Schema: