The novel bidentate ligand, C
5H
4CPh
2CH
2-(1-Me-C
3H
4N
2) (
3), has been prepared and characterized as its lithium salt LiC
5H
4CPh
2CH
2-(1-Me-C
3H
4N
2) (
3-
Li). Cyclopentadiene HC
5H
4CPh
2CH
2-(1-Me-C
3H
4N
2) (
3-
H) has been obtained from 6,6-diphenylfulvene and 1,2-dimethylimidazoline (
1). In THF-
d8 solution in the presence of
1, (1-methylimidazoline-2-yl)methyllithium (
2) has been proved to undergo gradual conversion into a dilithium derivative of
N1-methyl-
N2-[(1
E,2
E)-1-methyl-2-(1-methylimidazolidine-2-idene)ethylidene]ethane-1,2-diamine (
2a). In a solution, cyclopentadiene
3-
H has been shown to undergo isomerization into 3-{
N-[2-(
N-methylamino)ethyl]amino}-1,1-diphenyl-1,2-dihydropentalene (
4) and, further, into a mixture of
4 and two rotameric 3-[
N-(2-aminoethyl)-
N-methylamino]-1,1-diphenyl-1,2-dihydropentalenes (
5a) and (
5b). Treatment of the lithium salt
3-
Li with Me
3SiCl has lead to 3-{
N-[2-(
N-trimethylsilylamino)ethyl]amino}-1,1-diphenyl-1,2-dihydropentalene (
6) as the dominant component in the reaction mixture. In the latter case the expected Me
3Si-C
5H
4CPh
2CH
2-(1-Me-C
3H
4N
2) (
3-
Si) was not observed. Stannylation of
3-
Li with 1 equiv. of Me
3SnCl has resulted in formation of a mixture of Me
3Sn-C
5H
4CPh
2CH
2-(1-Me-C
3H
4N
2) (
3-
Sn), (Me
3Sn)
2-C
5H
3CPh
2CH
2-(1-Me-C
3H
4N
2) (
3-
Sn2), and cyclopentadiene
3-
H in a
ca. 2:1:1 molar ratio. Monocyclopentadienyl complexes {[η
5:η
1-κ
N-C
5H
4CPh
2CH
2-(1-Me-C
3H
4N
2)]MCl
3 (M = Ti (
7), Zr (
8)) have been prepared starting from the organotin and organolithium compounds
3-
Sn and
3-
Li, respectively. The dynamic behavior of complexes
7 and
8 has been investigated by means of variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy in solutions. The molecular structures of the dihydropentalene
4, binuclear complex {[η
5:η
1-κ
N-C
5H
4CPh
2CH
2-(1-Me-C
3H
4N
2)]ZrCl
2}
2(μ-Cl)
28, and a coordination dimer of the dilithium salt
2a have been established by X-ray diffraction analysis. In the crystal structure of the
2a-dimer, the shortest known Li-Li contact has been found.
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