FORMATION REACTIVITIES, AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVES OF TITANOCENE - ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A TITANIUM MONOOLEFIN pi COMPLEX.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00341a021

The synthesis of several new phosphine derivatives of titanocene under both thermally and photochemically induced conditions are described. The molecular structures of two of these complexes have been elucidated by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods, and the bonding modes of the respective phosphine ligands to titanium are compared. Finally, the utility of the triethylphosphine analogue as a versatile intermediate for the generation of pi -acetylenic and pi -monoolefinic complexes of titanium is reported. Refs.