The reaction of TiCp
R[1,2-C
6H
4(NNp)
2]R with the Lewis acid B(C
6F
5)
3 in noncoordinating solventaffords the new zwitterionic species TiCp
R[1,2-C
6H
4(NNp)
2)][
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-RB(C
6F
5)
3]. When the reaction isperformed in dichloromethane, the [
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-RB(C
6F
5)
3]
- anion is displaced by solvent molecules, giving ionicproducts in which the anion is not coordinated. The cyclopentadienyl zwitterionic complexes TiCp[1,2-C
6H
4(NNp)
2)[
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-RB(C
6F
5)
3]
decompose via ligand scrambling between boron and titanium to give theneutral titanium complex TiCp[1,2-C
6H
4(NNp)
2](C
6F
5) along with the byproduct RB(C
6F
5)
2. In contrast,the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl analogues TiCp*[1,2-C
6H
4(NNp)
2][
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-RB(C
6F
5)
3] evolve through C-Hactivation to yield an unresolved mixture of compounds. The molecular structure of TiCp*[1,2-C
6H
4(NNp)
2][
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-MeB(C
6F
5)
3] has been
determined by X-ray diffraction methods.