We report a comprehensive combined experimental and DFT investigation of the synthesis, molecular and electronic structures, and reactivity of terminal hydrazido complexes with CO 2 , CS 2 , isocyanates, and isothiocyanates. Reaction of Cp*Ti{MeC(N i Pr) 2 }(N t Bu) with hydrazines R 1 R 2 NNH 2 gave the structurally characterized series of hydrazides Cp*Ti{MeC(N i Pr) 2 }(NNR 1 R 2 ) (R 1 = Ph, R 2 = Ph (13), Me (14); R 1 = R 2 = Me (15)). The energetics of this imide/hydrazine exchange reaction, as well as the electronic and molecular structures of 13-15, have been evaluated by DFT and compared with those of their methyl and phenyl imido counterparts. Reaction of 13-15 with CO 2 or CS 2 gave TidN R cycloaddition products of the type Cp*Ti{MeC(N i Pr) 2 }{N(NR 2 )C(E)E} (R = Ph, Me; E = O, S) and, in the case of CO 2 , cycloaddition-insertion products Cp*Ti{MeC-(N i Pr) 2 }{OC(O)N(NR 2 )C(O)O}, in which 2 equivs of CO 2 had effectively inserted into TidN R . Reaction of 13 with isocyanates and isothiocyanates also gave stable cycloaddition products. Cp*Ti{MeC(N i Pr) 2 }{N(NPh 2 )C(NTol)O} reacted further with CO 2 to give a mixed cycloaddition-insertion product. The t BuNCO moiety in Cp*Ti{MeC(N i Pr) 2 }{N(NPh 2 )C(N t Bu)O} could be displaced by CO 2 or TolNCO. In contrast, the reactions of 15 are dominated by cycloaddition-elimination reactions. Reaction with t BuNCO or Ar 0 NCO (2 equivs) gave t BuNCNNMe 2 or the heterocycle 1,2,4-N(Me) 2 NC(NAr 0 )N(Ar 0 )C(O), respectively, along with [Cp*Ti{MeC-(N i Pr) 2 }(μ-O)] 2 . With TolNCO (2 equivs), Cp*Ti{MeC(N i Pr) 2 }{OC(NNMe 2 )N(Tol)C(NTol)O} was formed via a series of cycloaddition-elimination and cycloaddition-insertion steps. The energetics and mechanisms of the cycloaddition, cycloaddition-insertion, and cycloaddition-extrusion processes of various model imido and hydrazido complexes have been investigated using DFT. In the latter (metathesis) reactions, the reaction outcomes depend on a delicate balance of the relative affinities of NR or NNR 2 for the metal center or the organic fragment (CO, CS, or RNC).