title: A nitrido salt reagent of titanium.
abstract: Deprotonation of the parent titanium imido ((tBu)nacnac)Ti≡NH(Ntolyl2) ((tBu)nacnac(-) = [ArNC(t)Bu]2CH; Ar = 2,6-(i)Pr2C6H3) with KCH2Ph forms a rare example of a molecular titanium nitride as a dimer, {[K][((tBu)nacnac)Ti≡N(Ntolyl2)]}2. From the parent imido or nitride salt, the corresponding aluminylimido-etherate adduct, ((tBu)nacnac)Ti≡N[AlMe2(OEt2)](Ntolyl2), can be isolated and structurally characterized. The parent imido is also a source for the related borylimido, ((tBu)nacnac)Ti═NBEt2(Ntolyl2).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States.
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Chun-Hsing
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Maren
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pink
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mindiola