RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Cadmium and mercury complexes containing trinuclear titanium imido-nitrido metalloligands A1 Martín Alonso, Avelino A1 Mena Montoro, Miguel A1 Pérez Redondo, Adrián A1 Yélamos Sánchez, Carlos K1 Cadmium K1 Cage compounds K1 Mercury K1 Nitrides K1 Titanium K1 Química K1 Chemistry AB Several heterometallic nitrido complexes have been prepared from the reaction of the trinuclear imido-nitrido titanium complex [{Ti(5-C5Me5)(mu-NH)}3(mu 3-N)] (1) with cadmium and mercury derivatives. Treatment of 1 with cadmium dichloride or cadmium diiodide in toluene afforded the adducts [X2Cd{(mu 3-NH)3Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(mu 3-N)}] [X = Cl (2), I (3)]. Complex 2 reacted with lithium reagents [LiR] in toluene to give the cube-type derivatives [RCd{(mu 3-N)(mu 3-NH)2Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(mu 3-N)}] [R = CH2SiMe3 (4), C=CSiMe3 (5), C5H4(SiMe3) (6), N(SiMe3)2 (7)]. The amido complex 7 reacted with 1 equiv. of 1 to give the corner-shared double-cube complex [Cd{(mu 3-N)(mu 3-NH)2Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(rho 3-N)}2] (8) by means of bis(trimethylsilyl)amine elimination. Treatment of 1 with mercury(II) iodide in toluene gave the adduct [I2Hg{(mu 3-NH)3Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(mu 3-N)}] (9), which reacted with [K{N(SiMe3)2}] to afford [Hg{(mu 3-N)2Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(mu-NH)(mu 3-N)}]2 (10) through the amido mercury intermediate [{(Me3Si)2N}Hg{(mu 3-N)Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(mu-NH)2(mu 3-N)}] (11). Compound 11 and the analogous alkyl derivative [(Me3SiCH2)Hg{(mu 3-N)Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(mu-NH)2(mu 3-N)}] (12) were characterised by NMR spectroscopy upon the treatment of 1 with [Hg{N(SiMe3)2}R] [R = N(SiMe3)2, CH2SiMe3]. Complex [Hg{(mu 3-N)Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(mu-NH)2(mu 3-N)}2] (13), with one bridging mercury atom between two titanium trinuclear systems, was obtained upon treatment of HgI2 with the potassium derivative [K(mu 4-N)(mu 3-NH)2{Ti3(5-C5Me5)3(mu 3-N)}]2. Complexes 3, 5 and 8 were characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. SN 1434-1948 YR 2011 FD 2011-12 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/38514 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/38514 LA eng NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia de España DS MINDS@UW RD 18-abr-2024