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1,2-Bis(3-indenyl)ethane

98%

• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₂₀H₁₈
• CAS Number: 18657-57-3
• Molecular Weight: 258.36
• MDL number: MFCD00191814
• PubChem Substance ID: 24864507

Properties

• assay: 98%
• mp: 121-125 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: C(CC1=CCc2ccccc12)C3=CCc4ccccc34
• InChI: 1S/C20H18/c1-3-7-19-15(5-1)9-11-17(19)13-14-18-12-10-16-6-2-4-8-20(16)18/h1-8,11-12H,9-10,13-14H2
• InChI key: CQAQBIQKEFJNRZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

1,2-Bis(3-indenyl)ethane is an indene derivative.

Application

1,2-Bis(3-indenyl)ethane may be used in the synthesis of rac-(EBI)Zr(NMe₂)₂ (EBI=ethylene-1,2-bis(1-indenyl)) by elimination reaction with Zr(NMe₂)₄ and also in the preparation of dilithio-1,2-bis(indenyl)ethane. It may be used for the preparation of chiral polymerization catalysts.

Packaging

5 g in glass bottle