Abstract: | An amine‐elimination reaction was used to obtain the title compound, i.e. (N‐tert‐butyl‐N‐{(1,2,3,3a,7a‐η)‐4,5,6,7‐tetrahydro‐4,7‐methano‐1H‐inden‐2‐yl]dimethylsilyl}amido‐κN)bis(N‐methylmethanaminato‐κN)zirconium(IV) or isodiCpSiMe2N‐tert‐butyl]Zr(NMe2)2 (Cp is cyclopentadienyl), Zr(C16H25NSi)(C2H6N)2], in very good yield. Treatment of isodiCpHSiMe2NH‐tert‐butyl with Zr(NMe2)4 leads to the formation of a yellow solid that can be purified by sublimation. The single‐crystal structure of the product shows the exo complexation of the isodicyclopentadienyl ligand to the Zr atom. The Cp portion of this ligand is bonded to the Zr atom in a η5 manner, with a Zr—Cg (Cg is the ring centroid) distance of 2.2352 (10) Å. The isodiCpSiMe2N‐tert‐butyl ligand has a constrained geometry, which is exhibited by the small angle of 95.55 (10)° for N—Si—CCp. |