A Contribution to the Chemistry of Organotransition Metal Halides

Transition metal halides are often converted into more or less well-defined reduction products by Grignard reagents. organolithium and organoaluminium compounds. By means of less polar alkylating or arylating agents. such as zinc dialkyls. tin tetraalkyls and boron trialkyls. definite organotransition metal halides can be obtained. Alkyl and aryltitanium trihalides. alkyltungsten pentachlorides and complexes of alkylzirconium trihalides, dialkyizirconium dihalides and dialkylvanadium dichlorides. prepared in this way. are described and discussed.