Deprotonation of the parent titanium imido ("unacnac)Ti equivalent to NH(Ntolyl(2)) (`Bunacnac[ArNC`Bu](2)CH; Ar = 2,6)Pr2C6H3) with KCH2Ph forms a rare example of a molecular titanium nitride as a dimer, {[K][('Bunacnac)Ti.equivalent to N(Ntolyl(2))(2). From the parent imido or nitride salt, the corresponding aluminylimido etherate adduct, (Bun acn ac)Ti equivalent to N [AlMe2(OEt2)] (Ntoly(2)), can be isolated and structurally characterized. The parent imido is also a source for the related borylimido, (tBunacnac)Ti=NBEt2(Ntoly(12)).
Deprotonation of the parent titanium imido ("unacnac)Ti equivalent to NH(Ntolyl(2)) (`Bunacnac[ArNC`Bu](2)CH; Ar = 2,6)Pr2C6H3) with KCH2Ph forms a rare example of a molecular titanium nitride as a dimer, {[K][('Bunacnac)Ti.equivalent to N(Ntolyl(2))(2). From the parent imido or nitride salt, the corresponding aluminylimido etherate adduct, (Bun acn ac)Ti equivalent to N [AlMe2(OEt2)] (Ntoly(2)), can be isolated and structurally characterized. The parent imido is also a source for the related borylimido, (tBunacnac)Ti=NBEt2(Ntoly(12)).