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Keywords:

  • carbene complex;
  • metathesis;
  • olefination

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Various titanium carbene complexes are prepared by the reductive titanation of thioacetals, gem-dihalides, and related organosulfur and organohalogen compounds with the titanocene(II) reagent Cp2Ti[P(OEt)3]2. Alkylidene-, heteroatom-substituted methylidene-, 2-alkenylidene-, 2-alkynylidene-, and vinylidene-titanocenes thus formed are highly reactive toward organic compounds bearing a multiple bond and are employed for a variety of organic transformations such as carbonyl olefination and olefin metathesis.

Abstract

Various titanium carbene complexes are prepared by the reductive titanation of thioacetals, gem-dihalides, and related organosulfur and organohalogen compounds with the titanocene(II) reagent Cp2Ti[P(OEt)3]2. Alkylidene-, heteroatom-substituted methylidene-, 2-alkenylidene-, 2-alkynylidene-, and vinylidene-titanocenes thus formed are highly reactive toward organic compounds bearing a multiple bond and are employed for a variety of organic transformations such as carbonyl olefination and olefin metathesis. © 2007 The Japan Chemical Journal Forum and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Chem Rec 7: 24–36; 2007: Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI 10.1002/tcr.20103