title: A radical coupled pathway to a stable and terminally bound titanium methylidene.
abstract: Radical coupling or oxidation of the titanium(iii)dimethyl precursor (PNP)Ti(CH3)2produced the dimethyl compounds, (PNP)Ti(CH3)2(X) (X = TEMPO, OMes*, OTf), which then thermally extrude methane to cyclometallate (X = TEMPO) or form the methylidene (X = OMes* or OTf). Various NMR spectral experiments in addition to13C isotopic labeling, and structural studies are reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. mindiola@sas.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurogi
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mindiola