The unexpected result of the reaction of “Cp2Zr” with di-tert-butadiyne was the formation of 1, the smallest possible cyclic cumulene. Other disubstituted butadiynes reacted with “Cp2M” by cleavage, dimerization, or dinuclear complex formation.
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Rosenthal et al. (1994) studied this question.