title: Controlled synthesis of a structurally characterized family of sterically constrained heterocyclic alkoxy-modified titanium alkoxides.
abstract: The reaction of [Ti(mu-ONep)(ONep)3]2 (ONep = OCH2C(CH3)3) with a series of heterocyclic methanol derivatives [tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (H-OTHF), thiophene methanol (H-OTPM), or 2-pyridylcarbinol (H-OPy)-collectively termed H-OR*], led to the isolation of a novel family of OR*-substituted titanium alkoxide precursors. Independent of the initial stoichiometry for the H-OTHF reaction, a monosubstituted, dinuclear species was isolated as [(ONep)3Ti(muc-OTHF)]2 (1). For 1, each Ti was octahedrally (Oh) bound by three terminal ONep ligands, one bidentate bridging OTHF ligand (muc-OTHF), and an oxygen from the other muc-OTHF ligand. For the OTPM derivatives, the product was identified as [(ONep)3Ti(mu-OTPM)]2 (2). For this ligand, the soft S atom does not bind to the Ti but the O atom does act as a bridge between the two trigonal bipyramidal bound Ti metal centers. The OPy system yielded (OPy)2Ti(OR)2 independent of the OR and the stoichiometry used [OR = ONep (3), OCHMe2 (4), OCMe3 (5)]. For 3-5, the two OPy ligands chelate to the Oh-bound Ti metal center with two terminal OR ligands. Compounds 1-5 were fully characterized using a variety of analytical techniques. An initial investigation of the proposed chemical stability of the '(OPy)2Ti' moiety of 3-5 to alcoholysis exchange pathways involving (i) alkyl alcohols, (ii) aryl alcohols, (iii) substituted phenols, (iv) H-OR* derivatives, and (v) silanols proved successful through the isolation of a novel family of structurally characterized (OPy)2Ti(OR')2 (7-24) compounds.
authors.affiliation: Sandia National Laboratories, Advanced Materials Laboratory, 1001 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA. tjboyle@Sandia.gov
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Robin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sewell
authors.forename: Leigh Anna M
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ottley
authors.forename: Harry D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bunge
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D014025:Titanium