have arisen by combination of this product with 1. A 2:l product of 1 and 0, might be bis( pentaisopropylcyclopentadienyl) peroxide, whose asymmetric cleavage product would be expected to give rise to the signal at mi; at 291.3.[7] A single crystal with dimensions of 0.41 x 0.30 x 0.28 mm3, obtained by vacuum sublimation in a sealed ampoule, was used for structure determination. A total of 1263 unique reflections were collected at 110 K on a Nicolet R3m/V X-ray four-circle diffractometer with Mo,, radiation and graphite monochromator in the angle range 3 I 28 I 45" according to the method of Wj~ckoff; 1040 with I 4 u (0 were observed reflections. On the basis of the diffractometer angles of 26 reflections, the cell was determined to be monoclinic in the space group P2,/m, a = 6.337(2). b = 16.225(5), c = 9.257(3) A, p = 101.94(2)", V = 931.2(5) A', Z = 2.The structure was solved using the program SHELXTL-PLUS; all atoms except for hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically and the hydrogen atoms were refined isotropically as rigid groups (C-H = 0.96 A, C-C-Hand H-C-H 109.5"); 118 parameters; R = 0,044, R, = 0.054. Further details of the crystal structure determination are available on request from the Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe, Gesellschaft fur wissenschaftlich-technische Information mbH, W-75 14 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 2 (FRG). on quoting the depository number CSD-320 289, the names of the authors and the journal citation.[8] H. Sitzmann.