Abstract
Highly charged metal ions are difficult to investigate in weakly coordinating ionic liquids (ILs) because of the insolubility of their solid forms, but the molecular liquid TiCl4 offers a way to react tetravalent metal ions in an IL. Reactions of TiCl4 with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ([C4mim]+)-based ILs containing chloride or bromide lead to mixtures of highly metastable amorphous solids and small amounts of crystalline chlorotitanate salts including [C4mim]2[TiCl6] and two polymorphs of [C4mim]2[Ti2Cl10] in a manner not well correlated with stoichiometry or anion identity. The reaction of TiCl4 with [C4mim][BF4] yields crystals of the mixed fluoro-chloro complex [C4mim]2[Ti4F6Cl12], indicating spontaneous reaction of the IL ions to generate HF in situ. These unusual behaviors are explained in terms of the exceptionally high acidity of Ti4+ and the unusual behavior of TiCl4 among metal halides as a nonpolar molecular compound.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1764-1773 |
Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 14 Jan 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Feb 2019 |
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Crystallographic insights into the behavior of highly acidic metal cations in ionic liquids from ractions of titanium tetrachloride with [1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium][X] ionic liquids (X = chloride, bromide, tetrafluoroborate) (crystallography data)
Mishra, M. K. (Creator), Kelley, S. P. (Creator), Dilip, M. (Creator), Vaid, T. P. (Creator), Cordes, D. B. (Creator), Griffin, S. T. (Creator) & Rogers, R. D. (Creator), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 17 Feb 2018
https://doi.org/10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1z7jlb and 2 more links, https://doi.org/10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1z7jmc, https://doi.org/10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc1z7jnd (show fewer)
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