... Volume: Page: ... Upon reaction of TiCl 3 ·3THF with 1.5 equiv of magnesium turnings and 2 equiv of bis-p-tolylfulvene (1) in THF as solvent at ... In a similar procedure, using fulvene 2 as ligand, complex 4 is obtained as a turquoise-blue solid (mp 135 °C, 70% yield ...