“…The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure and the product 24 was isolated after recrystallization at À20 1C from dichloromethane-heptane mixture as a yellow solid (1.10 g, 82%); C 18 H 32 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 Ti requires C, 50.6; H, 7.55; N, 6.6%; found C, 48.8; H, 7.9; N, 6.60%; d H (400.1 MHz, CDCl 3 , ppm) 7.33-7.21 (5H, m, CH arom ), 5.16 (1H, br s, HNMe 2 ), 4.07 (1H, q, J 6.8, NCH), 3.00, 2.93 (each 2H, each d, J 14.9, 2NCH 2 ), 2.64 (6H, s, HN(CH 3 ) 2 ), 1.56 (3H, d, J 6.8, CHCH 3 ), 1.30, 1.15 (each 6H, each s, C(CH 3 ) 2 ); d C (100.61 MHz, CDCl 3 , ppm) 142. 71, 128.40, 128.21, 127.19 (C arom and CH arom ), 95.49 (OCMe 2 ), 67.58, 65.08 (NCH 2 , NCH), 40.03 (HN(CH 3 ) 2 ), 27.42,27.33 (C(CH 3 ) 2 ), 16.36 (CHCH 3 ); m/z (EI) 352 ([M À HNMe 2 À 2CH 3 ] + , 2%), 295 (1), 206 (18), 105 (100), 83 (25); m/z (ESI + ) 383.2 ([M À HNMe 2 ] + ).…”