Bis(catecholato-κ² O,O′)bis(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)titanium(IV)

Abstract

Bis(benzene-1,2-diolato-κ2 O,O′)bis(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)titanium(IV), [Ti(C6H4O2)2(C2H6OS)2], crystallizes with two crystallographically independent molecules in the space group P21/c emulating orthorhombic Pbca symmetry (β = 90.0445 (9)°]. The two molecules are related by pseudo-glide symmetry, broken by modulation of each one catecholate and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) ligand. Twinning by pseudomerohedry was observed [twin ratio 0.5499 (7):0.4401 (7)]. Complex 3 was obtained by heating of diprotonated titanium tris-catecholate precursor 2H in DMSO, by formal displacement of a catechol molecule by two DMSO molecules. Complex 3 is just the second heteroleptic, mono-nuclear, neutral bis-catecholate complex with TiO6 metal coordination, the only other one being its bis-DMF analogue 6. The two molecules of 3 exhibit a distorted octahedral geometry. The geometry and distortions from ideal symmetry of 3 are discussed and compared to 6 and to cationic tris-catecholate titanium complexes.