Facile Synthetic Access to Multisubstituted Benz[<i>f</i>]indenones and Their Application as Ligands to the First Synthesis of Group(IV) Metallocene Complexes

Abstract

[reaction: see text] A very efficient method for the synthesis of benz[f]indenone derivatives was developed. This method allows the introduction of a variety of substituents to a molecule. The first zirconocene compound of benz[f]indene was synthesized.