(C(5)ME(5))TIF2 - A VERSATILE BUILDING-BLOCK FOR GENERATING LARGE SOLUBLE DIMETALLIC AGGREGATES

By wrapping the inorganic core of the cluster with hydrocarbons (Cp* substituents of the Cp*TiF2 building blocks), the very large dimetallic aggregates 1 (core of cluster shown on the right) and 2 can be dissolved in organic solvents. In this way a source of “soluble NaF and CaF2” in common solvents is available for organometallic chemistry. Compounds 1 and 2 are obtained from the reaction of [Cp*TiF3] with Na/Hg and Ca/Hg alloy, respectively. [Cp 12*Ti14Na18F48(thf)6]1[(Cp*TiF2)6CaF2(thf)2] 2 (Figure Presented.) Copyright © 1995 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Germany