The complexes [TiCl 2 {(R,R)-TADDOLato}(DME)] ¥ MeCN (3), and [TiCl 2 {(R,R)-1-Nph-TADDOLato}(MeCN) 2 ] ¥ CH 2 Cl 2 (4b) (DME 1,2-dimethoxyethane; (R,R)-TADDOLato (4R,5R)-2,2-dimethyla,a,a',a'-tetraphenyl-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanolato(2 À)-kO,kO';(R,R)-1-Nph-TADDOLato (4R,5R)-2,2-dimethyl-a,a,a',a'-tetra(naphthalen-1-yl)-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanolato(2 À)-kO,kO') were prepared and isolated in high yield as stable crystalline materials (Scheme 1). They constitute ideally suited and easyto-handle catalyst precursors for a large number of Ti-catalyzed asymmetric reactions, for which they have been previously generated in situ. The X-ray crystal structures of 3 and 4b show a distorted octahedral geometry around Ti with the chloro ligands in mutual trans positions (Figs. 5 and 6). The new chiral diols a-(1S,3R)-3-hydroxy-2,2,3-trimethylcyclopentyl]-a-phenylbenzenemethanol (13a), derived from camphoric acid (5), and (M)-6,6'-dimethyl-a,a,a',a'-tetraphenyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-2,2'-dimethanol (15) were prepared (Schemes 3 and 4). These new ligands are able to form mononuclear complexes with the Ti IV Cl 2 fragment. The corresponding complex 14 derived from 13a was characterized by X-ray as a mixed THF/MeCN adduct. 1. Introduction. ± Complexes of the general formula [TiCl 2 (OR) 2 ] serve as Lewis acid catalysts or mediators (i.e., in stoichiometric amounts) in allylation reactions of aldehydes in the presence of allylstannanes, hetero-Diels-Alder reactions, ene reactions, Michael additions, Mukaiyama silyl-aldol condensations, and other reactions (see review [1]). Of particular interest are those complexes derived from an enantiomerically pure chelating diol. Thus, [TiCl 2 (BINOLato)] complexes (BINOLato [1,1'-binaphthalene]-2,2'-diolato(2 À)-kO,kO') have found specific use in enantioselective Mukaiyama aldol reactions [2], cyanosilylation of aldehydes [2], carbonyl-ene reactions [3], carbonyl allylsilane or allylstannane additions [4 ± 6], ene cyclizations [7], (hetero)-Diels-Alder reactions [8], and others (for a review, see [9]). Complexes of the type [TiCl 2 (TADDOLato)] 1 ) serve as catalysts in enantioselective cyanosilylations [10], (hetero)-Diels-Alder [11 ± 15], [2 2] cycloadditions [16 ± 18], [2 3] cycloadditions [19], 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions [20], nitro-aldol reactions [21], fluorinations [22], and others (for reviews, see [9] [23]).When inspecting the procedures for the generation of the titanium catalysts used in the reactions mentioned above, one notes that they are prepared in situ according to