Zwitterionic complexes arising from the reaction of tucked-in titanocenes with tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane

Abstract

Single tucked-in titanocene [Ti(η5-C5Me5)(η5:η1-C5Me4CH2)] adds to B(C6F5)3 to give the paramagnetic cationic complex [Ti(η5-C5Me5){η5-C5Me4CH2B(C6F5)3}] (1). Doubly tucked-in titanocene [Ti(η5-C5Me5){η:η3:η4-C5Me3(CH2)2}] reacts with B(C6F5)3 by one methylene group to give [Ti(η5-C5Me5){η5:η1-C5Me3(CH2)CH2B(C6F5)3}] (6).

The crystal structure of 6 revealed that one hydrogen of the methylene group attached to boron agostically interacts with Ti(IV).

Keywords

• itanium
• tucked-in titanocene
• borate ligand
• zwitterions
• cationic complexes
• X-ray crystallography