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Upstream product

• 109-74-0 propyl cyanide 
• 1278-83-7 bis(cyclopentadienyl)methyltitanium(IV) chloride 
• 143-66-8 sodium tetraphenyl borate 

Downstream Products

• 113647-11-3 {bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium(NCMe-n-Pr)(NC-n-Pr)}(BPh₄) 
• 110589-78-1 (C₅H₅)2Ti(C(CH₃)NC(CH₃)3)(CNC(CH₃)3)⁽¹⁺⁾*B(C₆H₅)4^(1-)=((C₅H₅)2Ti(C(CH₃)NC(CH₃)3)(CNC(CH₃)3))B(C₆H₅)4 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Cationic alkylbis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium complexes. Synthesis, reactions with CO and t-BuNC, and the structure of [Cp2Ti{η2-C(Me)N-t-Bu}(CN-t-Bu)]BPh 4·MeCN

Cationic methylbis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium complexes [Cp2TiMe(L)]BPh4 (L = MeCN, n-PrCN, t-BuCN, PhCN, PMe3, PMe2Ph, PMePh2, n-Bu3P, pyridine) have been synthesized in high yields by reaction of Cp2TiMeCl with L and sodium tetraphenylborate in polar solvents. A range of bis(indenyl)titanium complexes is similarly accessible. The complex [Cp2TiMe(NCMe)]BPh4 reacts with carbon monoxide to give [Cp2Ti(η2-COMe)(NCMe)]BPh4 in which the nitrile ligand is retained, while tert-butyl isocyanide displaces acetonitrile and inserts into the titanium-methyl bond to give [Cp2Ti{C(N-t-Bu)Me}(CN-t-Bu)]BPh4·MeCN (18) whose crystal structure was determined. The complex crystallizes in space group P21/c, a = 13.212 (10) A?, b = 9.354 (2) A?, c = 33.951 (4) A?, β = 91.87 (4)°, V = 4193.3 A?3, Z = 4, and Dcalcd = 1.14 g cm-3. The iminoacyl ligand in 18 is η2-coordinated, with Ti-C and Ti-N distances of 2.08 and 2.12 A? and a short C=N bond (1.24 A?).