Titanium alkoxyimido (Ti=N-OR) complexes: reductive N-O bond cleavage at the boundary between hydrazide and peroxide ligands

Andrew D Schwarz; Ainara Nova; Eric Clot; Philip Mountford

doi:10.1039/c1cc10862j

Titanium alkoxyimido (Ti=N-OR) complexes: reductive N-O bond cleavage at the boundary between hydrazide and peroxide ligands

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 May 7;47(17):4926-8. doi: 10.1039/c1cc10862j. Epub 2011 Mar 28.

Authors

Andrew D Schwarz¹, Ainara Nova, Eric Clot, Philip Mountford

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.

PMID: 21445387
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10862j

Abstract

The first Group 4 alkoxyimido compounds are reported. The Ti=N-O(t)Bu group in Ti(N(2)N(Me))(NO(t)Bu)(py) undergoes facile 2-electron N-O bond cleavage with PhCCMe as the reductant to form a 1,2-diamidoalkene group via two highly selective N-C bond forming events.