title: Reactions of SF6 with organotitanium and organozirconium complexes: the "inert" SF6 as a reactive fluorinating agent.
abstract: The normally remarkably inert SF6 has been found to be quite reactive toward low valent organometallic compounds, under conditions in which usually powerful fluorinating agents may be less reactive. Reaction of SF6 with Ti[1,3-C5H3(t-Bu)2](6,6-dmch)(PMe3), for example, leads to {Ti[1,3-C5H3(t-Bu)2]F2}4 (dmch = dimethylcyclohexadienyl), whose structure is based on a cube of fluoride ions with the ligated titanium centers situated above four coplanar face centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, USA.
authors.forename: Rehan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Basta
authors.forename: Benjamin G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Atta M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Arif
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ernst