Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.34, No.13, 3440-3443, 1995
Dinuclear Titanium(III) Complexes - Exchange Coupling in (CP(2)Ti)(2)(Mu-O)
Addition of 0.5 equiv of water in tetrahydrofuran to Cp(3)Ti in tetrahydrofuran yields the known bridging oxo derivative of Ti(III), (Cp(2)Ti)(2)(mu-O), in high yield. Use of labeled water gives (Cp(2)Ti)(2)(mu-O-18). The EPR spectrum of a toluene glass at 2 K gives a spectrum due to a triplet ground state with g(parallel to) = 1.979, g(perpendicular to) = 1.981, and D = 0.0249 cm(-1). The variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility above 20 K shows intramolecular ferromagnetic coupling and weak intermolecular ferromagnetic coupling; the intramolecular coupling constant is 8.3 cm(-1). Below 20 K, the susceptibility is field dependent. An orbital diagram is presented which accounts for the magnetic behavior in this d(1)d(1) dinuclear metallocene.