Alkoxyalkanol Modified Ti(OCHMe₂)₄: Synthesis and Characterization of Novel [(OPrⁱ)_4-nTi (OC₂H₄OR)_n]

Abstract

Novel structural arrangements for alkoxyalkanol modified titanium tetraisopropoxide [(Ti(OPri)4, TPT] were obtained from stoichiometric reactions between TPT and alkoxyalkanols {HOCH2CH2OR,where R= Me, Et}. All the 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4 reactions in refluxing benzene form mononuclear species [(OPri)4-nTi(OC2H4OR)n]. All these compounds can be purified by distillation under reduced pressure. On the basis of IR and NMR (1H &13C) spectral studies all the mononuclear derivatives have been obtained in tetrahedral geometry around titanium atom.