Bis(acetylacetonato-kappa O-2,O ')[2,2 '-methylenebis(4,6-xylenolato)-kappa O-2,O ']titanium(IV)

Abstract

The title compound, [Ti(C5H7O2)(2)(C17H18O2)], was synthesized by the reaction of Ti(acac)(2)Cl-2 (acac = acetylacetonate) with one equivalent of the diol {[HOC6H2(Me)(2)](mu-CH2)[(Me)(2)C6H2OH]} in the presence of sodium acetate. The coordination about the Ti atom is slightly distorted octahedral and the bisphenoxo ligand adopts an 'open book' conformation.