This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.20374043,20074028)China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation(No.X503027).
By treating disodium(thiophenedimethylene)dicyclopentadienide C4H2S(CH2C5H4Na)2 with two equivalent of CpTiCl3 or CpZrC13 DME at 0℃ in THF, two new thiophenedimethylene bridged binuclear metallocenes [Cl2MC5H5][C...