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Dinitrogen activation by titanium sandwich complexes.

Tamara E Hanna1, Emil Lobkovsky, Paul J Chirik

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

Journal of the American Chemical Society
|November 13, 2004
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Titanium sandwich complexes activate dinitrogen, forming bis-dinitrogen complexes. Ligand azophilicity increases as cyclopentadienyl substituents become smaller, influencing dinitrogen activation.

Area of Science:

  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Dinitrogen (N2) activation is crucial for industrial processes like ammonia synthesis.
  • Titanium sandwich complexes offer a unique platform for studying N2 activation due to their electronic properties.
  • Understanding the factors influencing N2 binding and activation is key to developing new catalytic systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically investigate the activation of dinitrogen by titanium sandwich complexes.
  • To characterize the resulting titanium-dinitrogen complexes and assess the degree of N2 activation.
  • To establish the relationship between ligand structure and the ability of titanium complexes to bind and activate N2.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis and characterization of titanium sandwich complexes with varying cyclopentadienyl substituents (R = CHMe2, CMe3, SiMe3).

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  • Low-temperature, in situ, solution infrared (IR) spectroscopy for detecting and analyzing monomeric bis-dinitrogen complexes.
  • X-ray diffraction analysis of a representative complex, (eta5-C5Me4CHMe2)2Ti(N2)2, to determine its molecular structure.

    • Main Results:

    • Detection of monomeric bis-dinitrogen titanium complexes, isostructural with dicarbonyl analogs, using solution IR spectroscopy.
    • Structural characterization of (eta5-C5Me4CHMe2)2Ti(N2)2 revealed weakly activated dinitrogen ligands.
    • Relative azophilicity of the titanium complexes was determined, showing an increase with smaller cyclopentadienyl substituents.

    Conclusions:

    • Titanium sandwich complexes can effectively coordinate and weakly activate dinitrogen.
    • The electronic and steric properties of the cyclopentadienyl ligands significantly influence the azophilicity and N2 activation capability.
    • This study provides fundamental insights into dinitrogen activation by early transition metal complexes.