Alejandra Gomez-Torres
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J. Rolando Aguilar-Calderón
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Angela M. Encerrado-Manriquez
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Maren Pink
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Alejandro
J. Metta-Magaña
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<p>Two electron-reduction of the Ti(IV) guanidinate complex (Im<sup>Dipp</sup>N)(<sup>Xyket</sup>guan)TiCl<sub>2</sub> gives (η<sup>6</sup>-Im<sup>Dipp</sup>N)(<sup>xyket</sup>guan)Ti (1<sup>intra</sup>) and (Im<sup>Dipp</sup>N)(<sup>Xyket</sup>guan)Ti(η<sup>6</sup>-C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>) (1<sup>inter</sup>) (<sup>xyket</sup>guan = [(<sup>t</sup>BuC=N)C(NXylyl)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>-</sup>, Xylyl = 2,5-dimethylphenyl) in the absence or presence of benzene, respectively. These complexes have been found to hydrogenate monocyclic and polycyclic arenes under relatively mild conditions (150 psi, 80 °C) – the first example of catalytic, homogeneous arene hydrogenation with TON > 1 by a Group IV system.</p>