Trichlorido{2-[2-(η5-cyclo­penta­dien­yl)-2-methyl­prop­yl]-1-trimethyl­silyl-1H-imidazole-κN 3}titanium(IV) tetra­hydro­furan hemisolvate

The title compound, [Ti(C(15)H(23)N(2)Si)Cl(3)]·0.5C(4)H(8)O, has been prepared from {2-[2-(η(5)-cyclo-penta-dien-yl)-2-methyl-prop-yl]-1H-imidazolyl-κN(1)}bis-(N,N-diethyl-amido-κN)titanium(IV), (C(12)H(14)N(2))Ti(NEt(2))(2), by reaction with excess of Me(3)SiCl in tetra-hydro-furan (THF) at 353 K. The crystal structure contains THF as adduct solvent, disordered around a center of inversion. The presence of THF and the adduct ratio has been independently supported by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. The coordination polyhedron of the Ti atom is distorted square-pyramidal, assuming the cyclo-penta-dienyl (Cp) ring occupies one coordination site. The Ti, Si and CH(2) group C atoms only deviate slightly from the imidazole ring plane [by 0.021 (4), 0.133 (4) and 0.094 (4) Å, respectively]. Comparison of the principal geometric parameters with those of the few known structurally characterized analogues reveal small differences in bond lengths and angles at the Ti atom. The title complex is only stable in THF-d(8) in the presence of excess Me(3)SiCl, otherwise it exists in an equilibrium with equimolar amounts of dichlorido{2-[2-(η(5)-cyclo-penta-dien-yl)-2-methyl-prop-yl]-1H-imidazolyl-κN(3)}titanium(IV) and chloro-trimethyl-silane.