A Nitrido Salt Reagent of Titanium

Deprotonation of the parent titanium imido (^tBunacnac)­TiNH­(Ntolyl₂) (^tBunacnac^– = [ArNC^tBu]₂CH; Ar = 2,6-ⁱPr₂C₆H₃) with KCH₂Ph forms a rare example of a molecular titanium nitride as a dimer, {[K]­[(^tBunacnac)­TiN­(Ntolyl₂)]}₂. From the parent imido or nitride salt, the corresponding aluminylimido–etherate adduct, (^tBunacnac)­TiN­[AlMe₂(OEt₂)]­(Ntolyl₂), can be isolated and structurally characterized. The parent imido is also a source for the related borylimido, (^tBunacnac)­TiNBEt₂(Ntolyl₂).