“…The bridging acetates in Ti[(OH) y (OOCCH 3 ) x ] species have appeared in FT-IR spectrum. The peaks at 1029 cm −1 , 1049 cm −1 , 1351 cm −1 , 1453 cm −1 , 1553 cm −1 , 1607 cm −1 (inset) and 1614 cm −1 are assigned to adsorbed acetic acid on Ti sites [22][23][24][25]. In particular, the bands at 1614 cm −1 , 1553 cm −1 and 1453 cm −1 reveal that the acetate species (asymmetric ν asym (COO) and symmetric ν sym (COO) stretching vibrations) resulting from the acetic acid dissociation may bind to the Ti as a bidentate acetate ligands.…”