This report describes the solid state structures of a series of divinylzinc complexes, one of which represents the only structurally characterized zinc(II) π-complex. Vinylzinc reagents, Zn[C(Me) =CH 2 ] 2 (1) and Zn[C(H)=CMe 2 ] 2 (2), have been synthesized and isolated as white crystalline solids in 66% and 72% yield, respectively. Each compound exhibits an infinite polymeric architecture in the solid state via a series of zinc-π (1) and zinc-σ-bonded (2)
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