Titanium(III) Tetrahydroborates. Preparation and Crystal Structure of Ti(BH4)3(PMe3)2 Containing an Unusual Ti…H…B Agostic Interaction

James A. Jensen; Scott R. Wilson; Gregory S. Girolami

doi:10.1021/ja00223a015

Titanium(III) Tetrahydroborates. Preparation and Crystal Structure of Ti(BH₄)₃(PMe₃)₂ Containing an Unusual Ti…H…B Agostic Interaction

James A. Jensen
, Scott R. Wilson
, Gregory S. Girolami

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Abstract

The reaction of trialkylphosphines with Ti(BH₄)₃(Et₂O), prepared in situ from TiCl₄ and LiBH₄ in diethyl ether, gives dark blue adducts of stoichiometry Ti(BH₄)₃(PR₃)₂, where PR₃ is PMe₃, PEt₃, PMe₂Ph, or P(OMe)₃. Magnetic susceptibility and ESR measurements indicate that these are monomeric titanium(III) species. An X-ray crystal structure of Ti(BH₄)₃(PMe₃)₂(orthorhombic; Pnma; a = 10.757 (1), b = 11.145 (2), c = 14.270 (3) Å; V= 1710.8 (8) Å³; Z = 4; R_F = 6.4%; R_wF = 4.8%) reveals an approximate trigonal-bipyramidal geometry, with the phosphines occupying the axial positions: Ti-P = 2.571 (3), 2.539 (3) A; P-Ti-P = 170.27 (9)°. One of the three equatorial BH₄^- groups is bidentate, Ti-H_b = 1.90 (6) Å, Ti—B = 2.40 (1) Å, B-H_b = 1.03 (7) Å, B-H = 1.00 (8) Å, whereas the other two BH₄^- groups possess unusual geometries involving interaction of the titanium center with one B-H bond in a “side-on” manner, Ti-H_b = 1.73 (7) Å, Ti-B = 2.27 (1) Å, B-H_b = 0.95 (6) Å, B-H_t= 0.96 (6) Å. This unusual interaction may be a type of Jahn-Teller distortion and closely resembles one proposed transition state for the activation of the isoelectronic molecule methane.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4977-4982
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	110
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00223a015
State	Published - Jul 1988

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