摘要:
Reaction of the compound Cp*TiMe(3) (Cp* = eta(5)-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) with the potent Lewis acid B(C6F5)(3) results in methyl carbanion abstraction from the titanium and formation of the corresponding complex Cp*TiMe(2)(mu-Me)B(C6F5)(3), in which a methyl group bridges the titanium and boron atoms. The isotopically labelled compounds Cp*Ti(CH2D)(3), Cp*Ti(CH2D)(2)(mu-CH2D)B(C6F5)(3), Cp*Ti((CH3)-C-13)(3), and Cp*Ti((CH3)-C-13)(2)(mu-(CH3)-C-13)B(C6F5)(3) have also been prepared to provide NMR probes of the possibility of alpha-agostic bonding in these compounds, and while the answer appears to be 'no', a caveat on the use of this type of experiment is proposed. The compounds Cp*TiMe(3) and Cp*TiMe(2)(mu-Me)B(C6F5)(3) react further to form the novel but unstable methyl-bridged species [Cp*TiMe(2)(mu-Me)TiMe(2)Cp*][MeB(C6F5)(3)], which has been characterized by H-1 and C-13{H-1} NMR spectroscopy.