Oxidatively induced reductive elimination. A novel titanium complex resulting from C–F bond activation

Abstract

Reaction between bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanacyclobutanes (1) and tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)cyclopentadienone (2) results in formal reductive elimination of cyclopropanes and activation of an sp3 C–F bond in (2) to afford the novel organometallic product (3)(structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography).