Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3Cl (
1) reac
ts wi
th TlPF
6 in ace
toni
trile
to afford [Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3(N
ti
ties/
tbd1.gif">CCH
3)]PF
6 (
2), whichproved
to be uns
table and decomposed a
t room
tempera
ture ei
ther in solu
tion or in
the solid s
ta
te. A
ttemp
ts
to recrys
tallize
2 from a CH
2Cl
2/hexane mix
ture led
to [Ti
3(N=C
tBu
2)
6(
ti
ties/mgr.gif">
2-F)
3(
ti
ties/mgr.gif">
3-F)
2][PF
6] (
3). Trea
tmen
tof
1 wi
th LiMe and PhCH
2MgCl gave
the compounds Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3CH
2Ph (
4) and Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3Me(
5), respec
tively.
4 was
trea
ted wi
th B(C
6F
5)
3 to afford [Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3(CH
2Ph)B(C
6F
5)
3] (
6), which exis
tsin solu
tion as a mix
ture of
two species,
the zwi
tterion [Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3][(
ti
ties/mgr.gif">-CH
2Ph)B(C
6F
5)
3] (
6A) and
thesolva
te ca
tion [Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3(Solv)][(CH
2Ph)B(C
6F
5)
3] (
6B). Above 60
ti
ties/deg.gif">C, C
6F
5 is
transferred
to
theme
tal cen
ter and Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3(C
6F
5) (
9) forms. This compound par
ticipa
tes in a dynamic process insolu
tion involving Ti···F in
terac
tions. The fluxional process observed for
6 can be s
topped upon addi
tionof 1 equiv of C
ti
ties/
tbd1.gif">NMes, giving [Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3(C
ti
ties/
tbd1.gif">NMes)][(CH
2Ph)B(C
6F
5)
3] (
7). C
ti
ties/
tbd1.gif">NMes does no
tinser
t in
to Ti-N bonds, bu
t i
t readily inser
ts in
to
the Ti-C bond of Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3(Me) (
5)
to afford[Ti(N=C
tBu
2)
3{
ta.gif" BORDER=0 >
2-C(CH
3)=NMes}] (
8).