The comp
lex [TiC
l2{η
5-C
5Me
4(
SiMe
2H)}
2] (
3) was prepared by reacting the
lithium sa
lt of 2,3,4,5-tetramethy
l-1-(dimethy
lsi
ly
l)cyc
lopenta-2,4-diene (
1) with [TiC
l3(THF)
3] fo
llowed by ch
lorination of the formed [TiC
l{η
5-C
5Me
4(SiMe
2H)}
2] (
2) with PbC
l2. The reduction of
3 with excess magnesium in THF in the presence of excess bis(trimethy
lsi
ly
l)ethyne (btmse) afforded the biva
lent meta
l ansa disi
ly
lene comp
lex with π-coordinated btmse [Ti{η
5-C
5Me
4(SiMe
2)}
2(η
2-btmse)] (
4). The dehydrocoup
ling of the SiMe
2H groups was accompanied by hydrogen transfer to the free btmse. Ana
logous reduction of
3 with magnesium in the presence of ethene gave a mixture of titanocene [Ti{η
5-C
5Me
4(SiMe
2Et)}
2] (
5) and its ethene comp
lex [Ti{η
5-C
5Me
4(SiMe
2Et)}
2(η
2-C
2H
4)] (
6). The
latter comp
lex is however unstab
le in this mixture and rearranges with evo
lution of ethane to [Ti{η
5-C
5Me
4(SiMe
2Et)}{η
5:η
2-C
5Me
4(SiMe
2CH
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CH
2)}] (
7), which has its viny
l group attached by π-coordination to Ti(II). The ch
lorination of
4 by PbC
l2 yie
lds
ansa-[TiC
l2{η
5-C
5Me
4(SiMe
2)}
2] (
8),
liberating the btmse
ligand. Comp
lex
8 is reduced with a ha
lf-equiva
lent of Mg to give
ansa-[TiC
l{η
5-C
5Me
4(SiMe
2)}
2] (
9). Compounds
5,
6, and
7 were identified by
1H,
13C, and
29Si NMR spectra. The crysta
l structures of comp
lexes
3,
4, and
9 have been determined by X-ray crysta
llography.