Dichlorido(N,N′-dibenzylideneethane-1,2-diamine-κ2 N,N′)[(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-diyl)bis(diphenylmethanolato)-κ2 O,O′]titanium(IV)

Abstract

The title compound, [TiCl2(C31H28O4)(C16H16N2)], is a titanium(IV) complex of the bidentate 2,2-dimethyl-α,α,α′,α′-tetraphenyl-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanolate (TADDOLate) ligand containing also two chloride ions and a bidentate neutral N,N′-dibenzylideneethane-1,2-diamine ligand. The molecular structure has a distorted octahedral geometry around the titanium metal center. The Ti—N bond lengths of 2.246 (2) and 2.2476 (17) Å are long, indicating weak bonding between the titanium(IV) metal center and the imine N atoms. Though the two chloride ligands are trans to each other, they bend away from the Ti–TADDOLate bonds with a Cl—Ti—Cl angle of 163.96 (3)°.