The pentacoordinate titanium complex [TiCl2(NMe2)2(HNMe2)]

Amido complexes of titanium are useful reagents in a variety of syntheses and as precursors for chemical vapour deposition of TiN. The title compound, di­chloro­bis­(di­methyl­amido)(di­methyl­amine)­titanium(IV), TiCl₂(C₂H₆N)₂(C₂H₇N)], crystallizes with one mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit. The neutral complex shows an unusual fivefold coordination of the titanium centre with a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal geometry and the di­methyl­amine mol­ecule occupying an axial position.