[TiCl3(tmeda)(thf)] produced a titanium methylene complex. The X-ray diffraction study displayed a dinuclear methylene structure [TiCl(tmeda)]2(μ-CH2)(μ-Cl)2. Treatment of an ester with the titanium methylene complex resulted in methylenation of the ester carbonyl to form a vinyl ether. The titanium methylene complex also reacted with a terminal olefin, resulting in olefin-metathesis and olefin-homologation. Cyclopropanation
锌亚甲基络合物的
金属转移[ZnI
乙二胺(TME
DA)] 2(μ-CH 2)与
钛(III),
氯化[的TiCl 3(TME
DA)(THF)〕制备的
钛络合物的亚甲基。的X射线衍射研究显示双核亚甲基结构[的TiCl(TME
DA)] 2(μ-CH 2)(μ-Cl)的2。用亚甲基
钛配合物处理酯导致酯羰基甲基化以形成
乙烯基醚。亚甲基
钛配合物也与末端烯烃反应,导致烯烃复分解和烯烃同质化。通过使用1,3-二烯从亚甲基
钛进行亚甲基转移而进行
环丙烷化。还报道了通过密度泛函理论计算对
环丙烷化反应的机理。