Ba,Ti)-precursor complexes, important for the production of advanced BaTiO 3 perovskitetype materials, undergo structural transformations and complex reactions during their thermal decomposition. Based on XRD phase analysis, combined with Rietveld refinement of crystal structure data, and on IR analysis, the intermediate formation of calcite-type BaCO 3 is evidenced, which can be explained by the stabilization of this metastable modification in the form of an oxycarbonate phase down to room temperature. Two possible processes, leading to such an oxycarbonate, are discussed: (i) partial substitution of CO 3 2− by O 2− in the anionic sublattice, and (ii) topotaxial formation of calcite-type structural domains of BaCO 3 by templating with oxygen-deficient titanates, resulting in the oxide-carbonate intergrowth structures.