“…Moving right along the periodic table, Ti(NCS) 4 has been reported to be synthesized by the desolvation of THF solvates at 150 °C under vacuum, producing a red-black crystalline powder. Analysis of the IR spectrum of Ti(NCS) 4 suggests octahedrally coordinated Ti cations with at least some bridging NCS – anions . These data thus suggest that the structure might be more similar to TiF 4 , a 1D structure comprising corner-sharing TiF 6 octahedra, than the later halides TiX 4 , X = Cl, Br, and I, which are all tetrahedral molecular materials with no Ti–X–Ti bridges. − There are no reports of Zr(NCS) 4 or Hf(NCS) 4 , though the DMF solvates of both are reported .…”