Metallacycles of transition metals are important for many synthetic and catalytic applications. [1] In recent years, our interest has focused on the synthesis, formation, and reactions of three-, four-, and five-membered titana-, zircona-, and hafnacycles, [1,2] which could be obtained by utilizing the reactive metallocene fragment {Cp 2 M} (M = Ti,Zr,Hf) "hidden" in a h 2 -bounded bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene complex. The scope for using such metallocene complexes in catalytic or stoichiometric reactions resulting, for example, in unusual all-carbon-metallacycles has been shown on numerous occasions. [1,2] Steric strain needs to be addressed, especially when cumulated double or triple bonds are part of small all-carbon metallacycles.[3] For example, Johnson et al. calculated ringtension energies of 55 kcal mol À1 for 1,2-cyclopentadiene and 90 kcal mol À1 for 1,2-cyclobutadiene.[3f] Stabilization of small strained metallacycles is achieved by means of complexation and incorporation of external substituents.[1, 2, 4] As a result of rehybridization effects, the external complexation of a metal center to C=C=C=C, C=C=C, or CC moieties significantly reduces ring tension. But also internal complexation (that is, complexation of a metal center inside the ring) is observed, which is responsible for the stabilization of unusual sterically strained five-membered metallacycles of the early transition metals Ti, Zr, and Hf, such as metallacyclocumulenes (1-metallacyclopenta-2,3,4-trienes; A), metallacyclopentynes (1-metallacyclopent-3-ynes; B), and metallacycloallenes (1-metallacyclopenta-2,3-dienes; C, Scheme 1). Also isolobal substitution of carbon atoms by heteroatoms decreases ring tension owing to longer heteroatom-carbon bonds. [1,2] Decreasing the ring size leads to increased steric strain which was expected when dealing with four-membered allcarbon-metallacycles, such as metallacycloallenes (1-metallacyclobuta-2,3-dienes; D) or diverse metallaheterocycloallenes (Scheme 2). To date we have not succeeded in isolating metallacycloallenes but following our interest in Group 4 metallacycle chemistry with strained rings, [1][2][3] we describe herein, for the first time, the synthesis, isolation, and full characterization of a formal titanaheterocycloallene of type E, however, it is not stabilized by an internal coordination mode as displayed in Scheme 2 but by external complexation resulting in the formation of a four-membered carbenelike complex (Scheme 2, F; Figure 1). Schrock and co-workers have prepared complexes featuring such allene moieties, for example, [Mo{C 3 (tBu) 2 }{OCH(CF 3 ) 2 } 2 (py) 2 ] (py = pyridine) and [CpW{C 3 (tBu) 2 }]Cl. When one equivalent of 1,3-N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide dissolved in n-hexane was added to a solution of [Cp 2 Ti(h 2 -Me 3 SiC 2 SiMe 3 )], the light brown solution changed immediately to red. The color change indicated that Ti II was oxidized to corresponding Ti III (Scheme 3). Within 12 h at room temperature deep red crystals (black appearance) were formed. Astonishingly, th...