Dipyrrolyldiketone
ligands (dpkH) are used with Ti(OiPr)4 to afford monomeric titanium(IV) complexes
displaying the general formula C
2-[Ti(dpk)2(OiPr)2]. The dpkH ligands employed consist of two dipyrrolyldiketone compounds
(2H and 3H) and three diphenyl-substituted
analogues (4H–6H). The behavior of
these octahedral [Ti(dpk)2(OiPr)2] species in solution was investigated by 1H NMR
at variable temperatures. Dynamic phenomena were evidenced, and the
activation parameters associated with these processes (ΔH
⧧, ΔS
⧧, and ΔG
⧧) were retrieved.
[Ti(dpk)2(OiPr)2] complexes
are precursors for the formation of high-nuclearity aggregates whose
structures depend on the substituents on the diketone backbone. The
crystal structures of monomeric ([Ti(1)2(OiPr)2]; 1 is the 1,3-diphenyl-1,3-propanedionato
ligand) and [Ti(2)2(OEt)2]), dimeric
([Ti2(1)4(μ2-O)2]), and tetrameric ([Ti4(4)8(μ2-O)4]) species have been established,
and the origin of this structural diversity is discussed. The solid-state
optical properties of several complexes were determined and interpreted
with the help of DFT calculations. Finally, the dinuclear complex
[Ti(6)2(μ2-O)2] was synthesized, where ligand 6 incorporates six long
alkyl chains (C16H33). This complex shows rich
mesomorphic properties, with an original room-temperature plastic
crystal phase followed by a hexagonal columnar liquid-crystalline
phase.
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