Novel oligomeric titanasiloxanes have been synthesized in good yields by reaction of
sterically demanding organosilanetriols with titanium alkoxides. The silanetriols tBu2(Me3Si)FlSi(OH)3 (5), (Me3Si)FlSi(OH)3 (6), and MeFlSi(OH)3 (7) and the titanium alkoxides Ti(OEt)4, Ti(OiPr)4, and Ti(OiPr)2(acac)2 have been used as starting materials (Fl = fluorenyl).
Quite different structures are obtained by only small modifications of the organic substituents
of the substrates. Thus, the condensation reactions result in the formation of the polyhedral
titanasiloxanes [tBu2(Me3Si)FlSi]4O12[TiOEt]4 (8), [(Me3Si)FlSi]2O5[Ti(OEt)]4[μ2-OEt]6[μ4-O]
(9), ([tBu2(Me3Si)FlSi]3O10[Ti(OiPr)]4[μ2-OiPr]2[μ3-O]Ti)2O (10), and [MeFlSi]2O8[Ti(OiPr)]6[μ2-OiPr]4[μ3-O]2[PhNH2]2 (11) and the cyclic titanasiloxane [MeFlSi(OiPr)]2O4[Ti(acac)2]2 (12).
A 1:1 stoichiometry of the starting materials leads to 8 and 12 in quantitative yield, while
9−11 are isolated in minor quantities. If the appropriate substrate ratio is used, the latter
compounds can also be obtained in high yields. All titanasiloxanes have been characterized
by X-ray crystallography, NMR, IR, and elemental analysis.