Reactions of dizincocene with sterically demanding bis(iminodi(phenyl) phosphorano) methanes

Reactions of Cp*Zn-2(2) with sterically demanding bis(iminodi( phenyl) phosphorano) methanes LH (LH = CH2(Ph2P=NR)(2) (R = Ph L-1 H, SiMe3 L-2 H, 2,6- i- Pr2C6H3 (Dipp) L-3 H) at ambient temperature occurred with elimination of Cp*H and subsequent formation of the homoleptic complex (L2Zn2)-Zn-1 1 and the heteroleptic complexes LZnZnCp* (L = L-2 2, L-3 3, L-1 4). 3 is the first structurally characterized heteroleptic organozinc complex with the zinc atoms in the formal oxidation state + 1.