Chloridobis{N-[(dimethyl­amino)­dimethyl­sil­yl]-2,6-dimethyl­anilido-κ(2) N,N′}titanium(III)

In the monomeric title titanium(III) compound, [Ti(C(12)H(21)N(2)Si)(2)Cl], the metal atom is surrounded by two N–silylated anilide ligands in an N,N′′-chelating mode. The two ends of the N—Si—N chelating unit exhibit different affinity to the metal center. The Ti—N(amine) bond is longer than the Ti—N(anilide) bond by about 0.29 Å. The two ligands are arranged trans to each other and the mol­ecule demonstrates a pseudo-twofold rotation along the axis of the Ti—Cl bond. The five–coordinate Ti atom demonstrates a highly distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry.