Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.33, No.1, 47-53, 1994
New Mononuclear and Dinuclear Titanium(III) Complexes - The Crystal-Structure of and Exchange Coupling in ((Lti(III)(Nco)(2))(2)(Mu-O)) (L=1,4,7-Trimethyl-1,4, 7-Triazacyclononane)
Ti-III(CH3CN)(3)Cl-3 in acetonitrile solution reacts with the cyclic triamine 1,4,7-triisopropyl- 1,4,7-triazacyclononane (tiptacn) with formation of green [(tiptacn)(TiCl3)-Cl-III] (1). The chloro ligands in 1 are readily substituted by thiocyanate generating [(tiptacn)Ti(NCS)(3)] (2). From a mixture of tetrahydrofuran, NaOCN, water, and methanol and 1 the complex [(tiptacn)Ti-III(NCO)2(OCH3)] (3) was obtained. In the absence of methanol and by using 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (Me(3)tacn) as macrocyclic triamine, the neutral (mu-oxo)dititanium(III) complex [(Me(3)tacn)(2)Ti-2 (NCO)4(mu-O)] (4) formed. The corresponding thiocyanato analogue [(Me(3)tacn)(2)Ti-2(NCS)4(mu-O)1 (5) was obtained from an acetonitrile/water mixture of [(Me(3)tacn)Ti(NCS)(3)]. The crystal structure of 4 has been determined by X-ray crystallography : space group Pbca, a = 12.532(4) Angstrom, b = 14.379(4) Angstrom, c = 16.366(5) Angstrom, V = 2949.1(20) Angstrom(3), Z = 4. The neutral molecules in 4 contain a linear Ti-III-O-Ti-III moiety with a Ti-O bond distance of 1.838(1) Angstrom. From temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements (2.0-296 K) it is concluded that the two unpaired electrons in 4 and 5 are weakly intramolecularly antiferromagnetically coupled (H = -2JS(1).S-2; S1 = S-2 = 1/2; 4, J = -7.8 cm(-1); 5, J = -5.6 cm(-1)). Electronic and X-band ESR-spectra, the electrochemistry, and the magnetic properties of complexes 1-5 have been investigated in detail.
Keywords:L = 1;4;7-TRIMETHYL-1;4;7-TRIAZACYCLONONANE;MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES;BINUCLEAR COMPLEXES;METAL COMPLEXES;VANADIUM(III);OXYGEN;MONONUCLEAR;OXIDATION;UNIT;CORE