Synthesis, structural and thermal characterisation of titanium silylamido complexes

The titanium silylamido complexes [{R2Si(NtBu)2}2Ti] (R = Me (3) and R = Ph (4)), [{(R2Si(NtBu)2)Ti(μ2-NtBu)}2] (R = Me (5) and R = Ph (6)) have been synthesised and structurally characterised and assessed at potential single source precursors for Ti-Si-N materials. During the course of our work the C-H activated spirocyclic complex , has been synthesised and also structurally characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction.