Highly selective trimerisation of MeNC by a novel titanium imido complex containing a tridentate dianionic ligand

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Alexander J. Blake, Philip E. Collier, Lutz H. Gade, Mary McPartlin, Philip Mountford, Martin Schubart and Ian J. Scowen


Abstract

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 ].


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