
%0 Journal Article
%A Kemmitt, Tim 
%A Al-Salim, Najeh I. 
%A Gainsford, Graeme J. 
%A Henderson, William 
%T Titanium Amino Alcohol Complexes from &#945;-Titanic Acid: X-Ray Crystal Structure of Titanium Bis[2,2&acute;-(methylimino)diethanolate]
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1999/12/03
%V 52
%N 10
%P 915-920
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH99089
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH99089 
%X A method for producing amino alcohol complexes of titanium from hydrated titania (&#945;-titanic acid) is described. Thus hydrated titania was completely converted into triethanolamine and diethanolamine complexes during reaction at 120&#176;C for 6 h. This represents a synthetic method for titanium sol&#8211;gel precursors which are free from chlorine-containing impurities. Products were characterized with assistance from 1 H and 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and electrospray mass spectrometry. A single-crystal X-ray structure of titanium bis&#91;2,2&acute;- (methyl-imino)ethanolate&#93;, tetragonal, space group P4 &#8211; 2 1 c, is presented. The titanium centre is coordinated by an N2O4 donor set which can be most closely described as a bifacially capped tetrahedral geometry. 
