Treatment of
t-BuN=TiCl
2Py
3 with 2 equiv lithium ketiminate compound, Li[OCMeCHCMeN(Ar)] (where Ar =2,6-diisopropylphenyl), in toluene at room temperature gave
t-BuN=Ti[OCMeCHCMeN(Ar)]
2 (
1) in high yield.The reaction of
1 with phenyl isocyanate at room-temperature resulted in imido ligand exchange producingPhN=Ti[OCMeCHCMeN(Ar)]
2 (
2). Compound
1 decomposed at 90
C to form a terminal titanium oxo compoundO=Ti[OCMeCHCMeN(Ar)]
2 (
3) and
t-BuNHCMeCHCMeNAr (
4). Also, the compound
3 could be obtained by reacting
1 with CO
2 under mild condition. Similarly, while
1 reacts with an excess of carbon disulfide, a novel terminaltitanium sulfido compound S=Ti[OCMeCHCMeN(Ar)]
2 (
5) was formed via a C=S bond breaking reaction. A noveltitanium isocyanate compound Ti[OCMeCHCMeN(Ar)]
2(NCO)(OEt) (
6) was formed on heating
1 with 1 equiv ofurethane, H
2NCOOEt. Compounds
1-
6 have been characterized by
1H and
13C NMR spectroscopies. The molecularstructures of
1,
3,
5, and
6 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. A theoretical calculation predictedthat the cleavage of the C-S double bonds for carbon disulfide with the Ti=N bond of compound
1 was estimatedat ca. 21.8 kcal·mol
-1 exothermic.