Alexander J. Blake, Philip E. Collier, Lutz H. Gade, Mary McPartlin, Philip Mountford, Martin Schubart and Ian J. Scowen
A new type of imido compound [Ti(NBut)L(py)] 1 containing a tripodal dianionic ligand is reported which effects the remarkably selective trimerisation of MeNC; the crystal structures of 1 and [TiL{N(Me)N(But)(C4H3N2M e)}] 2 are described [L = MeC(2-C5H4N)(CH2NSiMe3)2 ].