The synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of new polyether adducts of strontium and barium carboxylates of general composition M(O2CCF3)(n)(L) (M = Ba, L = 15-crown-5, (1); M = Ba (2), Sr (3), respectively, with L = tetraglyme are reported. The compounds were synthesized by reaction of BaCO3 or MH(2) (M = Sr or Ba) with organic acids in the presence of the polyether ligands. These compounds have been characterized by IR and C-13 and H-1 NMR spectroscopies, elemental analyses, and thermogravimetric analysis. The species Ba-2(O2CCF3)(4)(15-crown-5)(2) (1) and [Ba-2(O2CCF3)(4)(tetraglyme)](infinity) (2), were also characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Ba-2(O2CCF3)(4)(15-crown-5)(2) (1) crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Cccm with cell dimensions of a = 13.949(1) Angstrom, b = 19.376(2) Angstrom, c = 16.029(1) Angstrom, and Z = 8. [Ba-2(O2CCF3)(4)(tetraglyme)](infinity), (2) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with cell dimensions of a = 12.8673(12) Angstrom, b = 16.6981(13) Angstrom, c = 15.1191(12) Angstrom, beta = 99.049(8)degrees, and Z = 4. Compounds 1-3 thermally decompose at high temperatures in the solid state to give MF(2), However, solutions of compounds 1-3 dissolved in ethanol with Ti(O-i-Pr)(4) give crystalline perovskite phase MTiO(3) films, or in the case of mixtures of 2 and 3, Ba1-xSrxTiO3 films below 600 degrees C when spin coated onto silicon substrates and thermally treated. The crystallinity, purity, and elemental composition of the films was determined by glancing angle X-ray diffraction and Auger electron spectroscopy.