Treatment of lithium phosphinoamides, Ph
2PN(Li)R [R =
tBu,
iPr], with TiCl
4 results in formation oftitanium phosphinoamides, (Ph
2PNR)
2TiCl
2 [R =
tBu (
1a),
iPr (
1b)]. Crystallographic studies show thatthere are covalent bonds between the titanium and two nitrogen atoms, whereas two phosphorus atomsare coordinated to the metal center intramolecularly. Variable-temperature NMR studies suggest reversibledissociation of the phosphorus moieties from the titanium in solution. The dissociated phosphorus moietiesare effectively captured by Pt(II) species; reactions of
1a with either (
4-COD)PtCl
2, (
4-COD)Pt(R)(Cl)(R = Me,
p-Tol), or [Me
2Pt(
-SMe
2)]
2 afford the corresponding Ti-Pt heterobimetallic complexes. Themolecular structures of these complexes reveal that they have a six-membered dimetallacycle, in whicha titanium and a platinum are connected by two bridging phosphinoamide ligands; the Pt-Ti distancesindicate the existence of a Pt
Ti dative bond. The conformation of the dimetallacycle is a boat form,with two metals at the bow and the stern in the crystal; however, dynamic conformational change involvingcleavage and re-formation of the Pt
Ti dative bond is indicated from variable-temperature NMR studies.