Bis(μ2-isopropylimido-κ2 N:N)bis[(η5-cyclopentadienyl)(ethenolato-κO)titanium(IV)]

Abstract

The title dinuclear half-sandwich complex, [CpTi(OCH=CH2) (μ2-N-iPr)]2 (Cp = cyclopentadienyl; iPr = isopropyl), was obtained from the reaction of Cp2TiCl2, n-butyllithium and isopropylamine in tetrahydrofuran. Each TiIV atom is coordinated by one Cp ligand, one vinyloxy unit and two bridging imido groups in a strongly distorted tetrahedral geometry. There are two half molecules in the asymmetric unit, such that whole molecules being generated by inversion symmetry.