Titanium
tert
-butoxy halides of the formula Cp
x
TiX
y
(O
t
Bu)
4–(
x
+
y
)
(
x
,
y
= 1, 2; X = Cl, Br)
have been prepared thorough milling the reagents without solvent.
In the case of the chloride derivatives, Cp
2
TiCl
2
is used as a starting material; in the case of the bromides, a mixture
of LiCp, TiBr
4
, and Li[O
t
Bu]
is used. The stoichiometric ratios of the starting materials are reflected
in the major products of the reactions. Single-crystal X-ray structures
are reported for Cp
2
TiCl(O
t
Bu), Cp
2
TiBr(O
t
Bu), and CpTiBr
2
(O
t
Bu), as well as for Cp
2
TiCl(O
i
Pr) and a redetermination
of Cp
2
TiCl(OMe). The
tert
-butoxy derivatives
are notable for their nearly linear Ti–O–C angles (>170°)
that reflect Ti–O π-bonding, an interpretation supported
with density functional theory calculations.