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Dodecatitanates. A new family of stable polyoxotitanates

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00071a075· OSTI ID:5042349
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  1. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)

Two titanium alkoxides [alpha][sub 1]- and [alpha][sub 2]-[Ti[sub 12]O[sub 16]](OPr[sup i])[sub 16], are reported that display very low moisture sensitivity in alcohol solution. A third alkoxide, [Ti[sub 11]O[sub 13]](OPr[sup i])[sub 18],is identified as the sole (>95%) reaction product of Ti(OPr[sup i])[sub 4] hydrolysis by ca. 1/2 equiv of water in i-PrO solution. All these new complexes are members of a new structural family of remarkably stable polyoxotitanate derivatives that display unusual regioselective alkoxide exchange with alcohols. The results strongly suggest that Ti(OP[sup i])[sub 4] titania sol-gel polymerization follows fundamentally different molecular growth pathways than analogous silica sol-gel polymerization. In Si(OCH[sub 3])[sub 4] silica sol-gel polymerization, for example, individual monosilicate units serve as monomer units. In the Ti(OPr[sup i])[sub 18] molecules are formed initially, and these may serve as molecular building blocks for further polymerization reactions. 13 refs., 2 figs.

DOE Contract Number:
FG02-91ER45439
OSTI ID:
5042349
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States) Vol. 115:18; ISSN JACSAT; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English