Co
mp
lexes Ind
XTiC
l3 (
1,
2) react with 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 equiv of MeMgC
l to give Ind
XTiMeC
l2 (
3,
4),Ind
XTiMe
2C
l (
5,
6), and Ind
XTiMe
3 (
7,
8), respective
ly (X = CH
2CH
2OMe (
1,
3,
5,
7), CH
2CH
2NMe
2(
2,
4,
6,
8)). Co
mp
lexes
3,
6, and
8 have been characterized by X-ray diffraction
analysis. The structuresprove that in the so
lid state the pendant substituents of the indeny
l ligands are coordinated to the
meta
lcenter (
d(Ti-O) = 2.296(3) Å (
3);
d(Ti-N) = 2.4006(19) (
6), 2.4214(17) Å (
8)) disposed transoid to a
methy
l ligand. In so
lution the pendant donor groups are invo
lved in coordination-dissociation equi
libria(
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l mo
l-1 and
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S![](/i<font color=)
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3;
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H![](/i<font color=)
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l mo
l-1 and
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S![](/i<font color=)
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4;
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H![](/i<font color=)
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l mo
l-1 and
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S![](/i<font color=)
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5;
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H![](/i<font color=)
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lmo
l-1 and
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S![](/i<font color=)
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6;
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H![](/i<font color=)
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l mo
l-1 and
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S![](/i<font color=)
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7;
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H![](/i<font color=)
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l mo
l-1 and
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S![](/i<font color=)
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8). Co
mp
lexes
7,
8, IndTiMe
3 (
9), and H
4IndTiMe
3(
10; H
4Ind = 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroindeny
l) are efficient cata
lyst precursors for the regiose
lective hydroa
mination of 1-octyne, pheny
lacety
lene, and 1-pheny
lpropyne with aro
matic (2,6-di
methy
lani
line and 2,6-diisopropy
lani
line) and a
liphatic (
tert-buty
la
mine, dodecy
la
mine, and cyc
lohexy
la
mine) a
mines. Thereactions give i
mine or i
mine-ena
mine
mixtures, which are reduced to the corresponding secondarya
mines. The Markovnikov or anti-Markovnikov nature of the obtained products depends on the a
liphaticor aro
matic character of both the a
lkyne and the a
mine. Markovnikov products with regiose
lectivities of100% are for
med fro
m the reactions between 1-octyne and aro
matic a
mines, whi
le anti-Markovnikovderivatives with regiose
lectivities of 100% are obtained fro
m the reactions of aro
matic a
lkynes with a
llthe studied a
mines and fro
m the reactions of 1-octyne with
tert-buty
la
mine and dodecy
la
mine. The reactionsof 1-octyne with cyc
lohexy
la
mine give
mixtures of both types of products. A co
mparative study betweenthe cata
lytic efficiencies of
7-
10 and those of their cyc
lopentadieny
l counterparts is a
lso inc
luded (Tab
le4).