SYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF METHYLENEBIS(4,5,6,7-TETRAHYDRO-1-INDENYL)TITANIUM DICHLORIDE

Authors
LUTTIKHEDDE HJG LEINO R WILEN CE LAINE E SILLANPAA R NASMAN JH
Citation
Hjg. Luttikhedde et al., SYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF METHYLENEBIS(4,5,6,7-TETRAHYDRO-1-INDENYL)TITANIUM DICHLORIDE, Journal of organometallic chemistry, 547(1), 1997, pp. 129-132
Citations number
17
Journal title
Journal of organometallic chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022328X
Volume
547
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
129 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-328X(1997)547:1<129:SAMOM>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The reaction of indenylpotassium with 0.5 equiv. of chloromethylpivala te yields bis(3-indenyl)methane (1). Double deprotonation of 1 with tw o equiv of BuLi, reaction with TiCl4 . 2THF and subsequent hydrogenati on yields rac-methylenebis(4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-indenyl) titanium dich loride (3) in 16% overall yield. The molecular structure of (3) reveal s a very small acute angle of 98.9(2)degrees at the methylene bridge c arbon atom. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.