Chemistry Letters, Vol.38, No.3, 244-245, 2009
An Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Possessing a Two-dimensional Ti-O Network and Surface Ethoxy Groups Prepared via a Reaction of Titanium Oxychloride with Lithium Ethoxide
A new layered inorganic-organic hybrid possessing a Ti-O network has been prepared by a reaction between titanium oxychloride (TiOCl) and lithium ethoxide (LiOEt) at 120 degrees C for 7 days. The XRD analysis indicates that the interlayer distance of TiOCl increases from 0.80 to 1.19 nm, and the solid-state C-13 NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis show partial substitution of ethoxy groups for chlorine atoms.