Chemistry:(Cyclopentadienyl)titanium trichloride

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(Cyclopentadienyl)titanium trichloride
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Names
Other names
Titanocene trichloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
UNII
Properties
C5H5Cl3Ti
Molar mass 219.31 g·mol−1
Appearance orange solid
Density 1.768 g/cm3
Melting point 210 °C (410 °F; 483 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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(Cyclopentadienyl)titanium trichloride is an organotitanium compound with the formula (C5H5)TiCl3. It is a moisture sensitive orange solid. The compound adopts a piano stool geometry.[1]

Preparation and reactions

(C5H5)TiCl3 is prepared by the reaction of titanocene dichloride and titanium tetrachloride:

(C5H5)2TiCl2 + TiCl4 → 2 (C5H5)TiCl3

The complex is electrophilic, readily forming alkoxide complexes upon treatment with alcohols.[2]

Reduction of (cyclopentadienyl)titanium trichloride with zinc powder gives the polymeric Ti(III) derivative (cyclopentadienyl)titanium dichloride:[3]

(C5H5)2TiCl2 + 0.5 Zn → 1/n [(C5H5)TiCl3]n + 0.5 ZnCl2

See also

References

  1. Rossini, A. J.; Mills, R. W.; Briscoe, G. A.; Norton, E. L. et al. (2009). "Solid-State Chlorine NMR of Group IV Transition Metal Organometallic Complexes". Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (9): 3317–3330. doi:10.1021/ja808390a. PMID 19256569. 
  2. Andreas Hafner; Rudolf O. Duthaler (2001). "Trichloro(cyclopentadienyl)titanium". EEROS. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rt202m. ISBN 0471936235. 
  3. Lucas, C. R.; Green, M. L. H. (2007). Some η-Cyclopentadienyl Complexes of Titanium(III). Inorganic Syntheses. 16. pp. 237–240. doi:10.1002/9780470132470.ch62. ISBN 9780470131787. 
  4. Morris, Robert J.; Shaw, Scott L.; Jefferis, Jesse M.; Storhoff, James J.; Goedde, Dean M. (1998). "Monoindenyltrichloride Complexes of Titanium(IV), Zirconium(IV), and Hafnium(IV)". Inorganic Syntheses. 32. pp. 215–221. doi:10.1002/9780470132630.ch36. ISBN 9780471249214.