The synthesis and characterization of new halo-silyl-substituted titanium(IV) derivatives [TiCl
3(
5-C
5H
4SiCl
3)] (
9), [TiCl
3(
5-C
5H
4SiMe
2F)] (
10), [TiCl
3(
5-C
5H
4SiMeF
2)] (
11), [TiCl
3(
5-C
5H
4SiF
3)] (
12),and [TiF
3(
5-C
5H
4SiMe
2F)] (
13) are reported. The reaction of lithiated trimethylsilylcyclopentadienidewith Me
2SiCl
2, MeSiCl
3, or SiCl
4 gave chlorosilyl(trimethylsilyl)cyclopentadienes that were fluorinatedwith Me
3SnF to yield fluorosilyl derivatives C
5H
4(SiMe
2F)SiMe
3 (
4), C
5H
4(SiMeF
2)SiMe
3 (
5), and C
5H
4(SiF
3)SiMe
3 (
6), respectively. Addition of disilylated compounds
4-
6 to a solution of TiCl
4 gave therespective half-sandwich titanium complexes
10-
12, which could be alternatively prepared by selectivefluorination of the corresponding chlorosilyl-substituted cyclopentadienyltitanium(IV) trichlorides withMe
3SnF. Completely fluorinated [TiF
3(C
5H
4SiMe
2F)] (
13) was prepared from [TiCl
3(C
5H
4SiMe
2Cl)] (
7)and 4 equiv of Me
3SnF. The molecular structures of the pentameric
13 and the monomeric
10 weredetermined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The
47,49Ti NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy showed the electron-releasing nature of the SiMe
2Cl, SiMe
2F, SiMeCl
2, and SiMeF
2 substituents, whereas SiCl
3 and SiF
3groups had electron-withdrawing properties. The catalytic behavior of these half-sandwich titaniumcompounds in styrene polymerization was studied in the presence of excess methylaluminoxane.