The reactions of both trivalent[(Cy
2N)
2Ti(
-Cl)
2Li(TMEDA)](
1) and tetravalent[(Cy
2N)
2TiCl
2] (
5) with R'Li in THF or diethyl ethergave Ti(IV) complexes(Cy
2N)
2TiR'
2 [R' =CH
2CMe
3 (
7),CH
2CMe
2Ph (
8),CH
2SiMe
3 (
9)].Conversely, the reactions of
1,[{(
i-Pr)
2N}
2TiCl
2][Li(TMEDA)
2](
2), and[{(Me
3Si)
2N}
2TiCl
2][Li(TMEDA)
2](
3) with R'Li [R' = Me,Ph, CH
2Ph] gave the corresponding trivalentderivatives[(Cy
2N)
2Ti(
-Bz)
2Li(TMEDA)](
4a),[(Cy
2N)
2Ti(
-Me)
2Li(TMEDA)](
4b),[{(
i-Pr)
2N}
2TiPh
2][Li(TMEDA)
2](
11), and[{(Me
3Si)
2N}
2Ti(CH
2Ph)
2][Li(TMEDA)
2](
12)
via simple ligand replacement reactions.Oxidation of
12 withdiphenylfulvene gave{(Me
3Si)
2N}
2Ti(CH
2Ph)
2(
13). All these compounds are thermallylabileand yielded intractable materials upon thermolysis. Only in thecase of the neophylderivative(Cy
2N)
2Ti(CH
2CMe
2C
6H
5)
2(
8) a cyclometalated compound(Cy
2N)
2Ti(CH
2CMe
2C
6H
4) (
10) wasisolated and crystallized from the thermolyzed solution. Thereactionof
1 with styrene oxide provided the Ti-oxo complex[(Cy
2N)
2TiCl]
2O(
14) which gave, uponalkylation with MeLi, the corresponding dinuclear alkyl derivatives[(Cy
2N)
2TiMe]
2O(
15).The molecular structures of
1 and
10-14were demonstrated by X-ray diffraction analysis.