Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Imido Transfer Reactions of (TTP)Ti(eta(2)-PhN=NPh)

Steven D. Gray; Joseph L. Thorman; Victor A. Adamian; Karl M. Kadish; L. Keith Woo

doi:10.1021/ic970952e

Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Imido Transfer Reactions of (TTP)Ti(eta(2)-PhN=NPh)

Inorg Chem. 1998 Jan 12;37(1):1-4. doi: 10.1021/ic970952e.

Authors

Steven D. Gray¹, Joseph L. Thorman, Victor A. Adamian, Karl M. Kadish, L. Keith Woo

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, and University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204.

PMID: 11670252
DOI: 10.1021/ic970952e

Abstract

Treatment of (TTP)Ti(eta(2)-RC&tbd1;CR) (R = Et or Ph) with PhN=NPh results in formation of the azobenzene adduct (TTP)Ti(eta(2)-PhN=NPh) (1) in good isolated yield. Complex 1 reacts with (TTP)Ti(eta(2)-RC&tbd1;CR) at elevated temperatures to cleanly afford 2 equiv of the phenylimido compound, (TTP)Ti=NPh (2). The azobenzene complex, 1, is also formed in low yields by the reaction of the (TTP)Ti=NPh (2) with excess 1,2-diphenylhydrazine. The electrochemistry of the azobenzene adduct (1) and the phenylimido complex (2) is investigated by cyclic voltammetry experiments.