Organometallics 1997, 16, 313-316
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New F lu or id e Der iva tive of a Din u clea r Tita n iu m (III)
F u lva len e Com p lex: Cr ysta l Str u ctu r e of
[(η5-C5H5)Ti(µ-F )]2(µ-η5:η5-C10H8)†
Peihua Yu, Eamonn F. Murphy, Herbert W. Roesky,* Paolo Lubini,
Hans-Georg Schmidt, and Mathias Noltemeyer
Institut fu¨r Anorganische Chemie der Universita¨t Go¨ttingen, Tammannstrasse 4,
D-37077 Go¨ttingen, Germany
Received August 9, 1996X
Reduction of titanocene difluoride (Cp2TiF2) with 1.5 equiv of potassium in toluene at 60-
100 °C affords the dinuclear η5:η5-fulvalene complex [(η5-C5H5)Ti(µ-F)]2(µ-η5:η5-C10H8) (2).
2 was also obtained via reaction of Me3SnF with the corresponding chloride and hydride
compounds [(η5-C5H5)Ti(µ-X)]2(µ-η5:η5-C10H8) (X ) Cl, H). 2 has been characterized by mass
spectrometry, IR spectroscopy, and chemical analyses. The molecular structure of 2, as
determined by the X-ray crystal structural analyses, reveals a Ti2F2 fragment symmetrically
folded along the Ti-Ti direction and assuming a butterfly configuration with a dihedral
angle of 27.6(2)°. A dihedral angle of 15.3(3)° is observed between the two C5H4 rings of the
folded fulvalene ligand.
In tr od u ction
In 1956, Wilkinson obtained bis(η5-cyclopentadienyl)-
titanium (titanocene) for the first time from the reaction
of TiCl2 with cyclopentadienylsodium.1 Titanocene was
later obtained by reduction of Cp2TiCl2 using sodium
naphthalene in THF, sodium metal, LiAlH4 in hydro-
carbons, or by hydrogenolysis of Cp2TiMe2.2,3 Titano-
cenes have been implicated as highly reactive interme-
diates in a wide variety of chemical reactions with
olefins, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and dinitrogen.4
The chemical properties of titanocene were found,
however, to be at variance with the expected chemical
behavior of a monomeric titanocene. Though strong
evidence for a dimeric structure with one bridging
fulvalene ligand and two hydride bridges was given by
Brintzinger and Bercaw,5 it was not until 1992 that the
dimeric structure was confirmed by X-ray crystal-
lography.6 So far, only a few titanocenes with one
bridging fulvalene ligand and two X1X2 bridge atoms
(X1 ) X2 ) Cl, OH, H; or X1) H, X2 ) Cl, H2AlEt2)
(Figure 1) have been synthesized and characterized by
F igu r e 1. Dinuclear titanium fulvalene complexes; X1 )
X2 ) F (2), Cl (4), H (6), OH (7); X1 ) H, X2 ) Cl (3), H2AlEt2
(8).
X-ray structure determination.7 All of these complexes
exhibit chloro, hydrido, or hydrogen bridging ligands;
however, the fluorine-bridged analogue has not been
reported to date. Since fluorine atoms demonstrate a
considerable tendency to act as bridging ligands,8 the
syntheses of corresponding fluoride-bridged complexes
from the titanocene difluoride should be possible. Fur-
thermore, we have found that trimethyltin fluoride,
Me3SnF, is an excellent fluorinating reagent. Access
to a wide range of cyclopentadienyl-substitued titanium
fluorides is possible via the reaction of Me3SnF with the
corresponding chloride in suitable solvents.9,10 We
report herein an extension of this fluorination procedure
and the properties and solid-state structure of the new
titanium fulvalene complex with two fluoride bridges
(X1 ) X2 ) F).
† Dedicated to Professor Gottfried Huttner on the occasion of his
60th birthday.
X Abstract published in Advance ACS Abstracts, J anuary 15, 1997.
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