Photochemical incorporation of N-benzylidene(phenyl)amine into the complex [{Ti(η5-C5Me5)(η-O)}3(μ3-CH)] as a model of the titanium oxide surface

The photochemical incorporation of PhCH=NPh to the metal oxide model [{TiCp*(mu-O)}(3)(mu(3)-CH)] (Cp* = eta(5)-C5Me5) occurs by breaking of the C=N imine bond and formation of mu-imido and sigma-alkenyl groups on the [Ti3O3] core; the crystal structure of the obtained product, [{TiCp*(mu-O)}(3)(mu-NPh)(CH=CHPh)], was determined by X-ray diffraction.