Abstract
Reaction of titanocene prepared from Cp
2TiCl
2 and 2
n-BuLi with β-diketones (β-diketone = 1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione, 1,3-diphenyl-1,3-propanedione, 3-methyl-2,4-pentanedione or 3-ethyl-2,4-pentanedione) afforded the titanocene(III) β-diketonate complex. The compounds [Ti(η
5-Cp)
2(1-phenyl-1,3-butanedionate)] and [Ti(η
5?Cp)
2(1,3-diphenyl-1,3-propanedionate)] have been characterized by X-ray crystallography.