“…The first step of the synthesis, viz., the chemisorption of TiCl 4 vapour on the surface of different silicas, has been discussed in detail in studies by Aleskovskii, Kol'tsov and their successors (see Refs 1 ± 6,14,18,32 ± 41) including those carried out in the past two decades (see Refs 9,17,20,22,24,42 ± 49) and also in publications by other scientists from different countries (Refs 8,10,11,15,16,19,21,23,27,29,50 ± 92). It was almost generally agreed that in a certain temperature interval, the primary step of chemisorption on the silica surface preferentially occurred on the hydroxyl groups to form TiCl x groups bound to the support by one, two or three bonds (x = 3, 2 or 1, respectively) (from here on, :Si7 designates Si atoms on the silica surface):…”