Amine elimination synthesis of a titanium(IV) N-heterocyclic carbene complex with short intramolecular Cl...C carbene contacts

Piyush Shukla; Jennifer A Johnson; Dragoslav Vidovic; Alan H Cowley; Colin D Abernethy

doi:10.1039/b314558a

Amine elimination synthesis of a titanium(IV) N-heterocyclic carbene complex with short intramolecular Cl...C carbene contacts

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Feb 21:(4):360-1. doi: 10.1039/b314558a. Epub 2004 Jan 15.

Authors

Piyush Shukla¹, Jennifer A Johnson, Dragoslav Vidovic, Alan H Cowley, Colin D Abernethy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

PMID: 14765208
DOI: 10.1039/b314558a

Abstract

The reaction of 1,3-dimesitylimidazolium chloride with Ti(NMe(2))(4) results in the 1,3-dimesitylimadazol-2-ylidene complex of Ti(NMe(2))(2)Cl(2)(3); the X-ray crystal structure of 3 evidences short intramolecular Cl...C(carbene) contacts.