Cationic Cyclopentadienyl Phenylenediamido Titanium Species Generated by Reaction of TiCpR[1,2-C6H4(NCH2t-Bu)2]R (CpR = η5-C5H5, η5-C5Me5; R = CH3, CH2Ph) with B(C6F5)3. X-ray Molecular Structure of Ti(η5-C5Me5)[1,2-C6H4(NCH2t-Bu)2][μ-MeB(C6F5)3]

The reaction of TiCpR[1,2-C6H4(NNp)2]R with the Lewis acid B(C6F5)3 in noncoordinating solvent affords the new zwitterionic species TiCpR[1,2-C6H4(NNp)2)][μ-RB(C6F5)3]. When the reaction is performed in dichloromethane, the [μ-RB(C6F5)3]- anion is displaced by solvent molecules, giving ionic products in which the anion is not coordinated. The cyclopentadienyl zwitterionic complexes TiCp[1,2-C6H4(NNp)2)[μ-RB(C6F5)3] decompose via ligand scrambling between boron and titanium to give the neutral titanium complex TiCp[1,2-C6H4(NNp)2](C6F5) along with the byproduct RB(C6F5)2. In contrast, the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl analogues TiCp*[1,2-C6H4(NNp)2][μ-RB(C6F5)3] evolve through C−H activation t…