Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.52, No.9, 4756-4758, 2013
Tight Encapsulation of a "Naked" Chloride in an Imidotitanium Hexanuclear Host
Treating the imidotitanium dimer [Ti(mu-NAr)(NMe2)(2)](2) (Ar = 2,6-(Pr2C6H3)-Pr-i) with excess Me3SiCl affords the hexanuclear complex [{Ti(=NAr)Cl-2}(6)(Cl)](-)[Q](+). The self-assembled hexameric cage arrangement encapsulates a chloride ion guest that provides evidence of new host-guest chemistry in this area, while the cationic part is composed of mixtures of the Q(+) cations Me2NHSiMe3+ and Me2N(SiMe3)(2)(+).