Carboxylato derivatives of Bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium(III)

Abstract

Several carboxylato derivatives of bis(cyolopentadienyl)titanium(III), of general formula cp₂TiOOCR, have been prepared by precipitation from air-free aqueous solutions of cp₂TiCl (cp = C₅H₅). The compounds are blue or green and paramagnetic, having one unpaired electron per titanium atom. All of the available evidence indicates that the carboxylato ligands are bidentate, symmetrical, and covalently bound to the metal.