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The sodium naphthalenide reduction of 1,3,6-tri-tert-butylfulvene gave the dimer, rac-3,4-bis(1,4-di-tertbutylcyclopenta-1,3-dien-2-yl)-2,2,5,5-tetramethylhexane [C36H62, (II)] after protonation of the disodium salt of the bis(cyclopentadienylethane) intermediate. Bond distances and angles for (II) are consistent with a bis(cyclopentadiene) structure. The ansa bridge bond is long, at 1.592 (2) A. The substitution pattern on the cyclopentadiene rings, as well as the ansa bridge, result in an overall C2 symmetry for (II). |