R. Papiernik et al., COMPLEXES OF EARLY TRANSITION-METAL ALKOXIDES - MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF TI(OIPR)(4)[OPB4(TBUN)(3)], Chemische Berichte, 130(9), 1997, pp. 1361-1363
The reaction between Ti(OiPr)(4) and [Pb(NtBu)(2)SiMe2] (1) in refluxi
ng THF afforded the complex Ti(OiPr)(4)[OPb4(NtBu)(3)] (2) which has b
een characterized by X-ray diffraction studies and by H-1- and C-13-NM
R spectroscopy. Titanium is five coordinate and it displays a trigonal
bipyramidal stereochemistry with the Pb-4(tBuN)(3)O cage ligand bonde
d to titanium through the oxygen atom and occupying an apical position
. The origin of the cubane lead ligand is discussed.