Reactions of Titanocene Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene Complexes with Carbodiimides: An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Complexation versus C–N Bond Activation
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Abstract
The reaction of the low valent metallocene(II) sources Cp'(2)Ti(η(2)-Me(3)SiC(2)SiMe(3)) (Cp' = η(5)-cyclopentadienyl, 1a or η(5)-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, 1b) with different carbodiimide substrates RN═C═NR' 2-R-R' (R = t-Bu; R' = Et; R = R' = i-Pr; t-Bu; SiMe(3); 2,4,6-Me-C(6)H(2) and 2,6-i-Pr-C(6)H(3)) was investigated to explore the frontiers of ring strained, unusual four-membered heterometallacycles 5-R. The product complexes show dismantlement, isomerization, or C-C coupling of the applied carbodiimide substrates, respectively, to form unusual mono-, di-, and tetranuclear titanium(III) complexes. A detailed theoretical study revealed that the formation of the unusual complexes can be attributed to the biradicaloid nature of the unusual four-membered heterometallacycles 5-R, which presents an intriguing situation of M-C bonding. The combined experimental and theoretical study highlights the delicate interplay of electronic and steric effects in the stabilization of strained four-membered heterometallacycles, accounting for the isolation of the obtained complexes.
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