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Structure of tetra­kis­(penta­fluoro­phenoxido)bis­­(tetra­hydro­furan)­titanium(IV)

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aDepartment of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, Commonwealth College at Altoona, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16601, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: [email protected]

Edited by S.-L. Zheng, Harvard University, USA (Received 29 May 2026; accepted 6 July 2026; online 16 July 2026)

Titanium(IV) chloride was reacted with a slight excess of barium penta­fluoro­phenoxide in tetra­hydro­furan (THF) solution. After filtration and solvent evaporation, the resulting orange crystalline material was obtained. The product was recrystallized by preparing a concentrated solution in THF at room tem­per­a­ture, followed by cooling to 253 K. The supernatant solution was deca­nted using a pipet, and the crystals were dried by allowing the solvent to evaporate in the atmosphere of a glovebox. It was possible to obtain good-quality X-ray data at 100 K on a crystal, namely, tetra­kis­(penta­fluoro­phenoxido-κO)bis­(tetra­hy­dro­furan-κO)titanium(IV), [Ti(C6F5O)4(C4H8O)2], having monoclinic (P21/n) symmetry. This com­pound adopts a solid-state structure in which the titanium(IV) ions have a distorted octa­hedral coordination environment with two coordinated THF mol­ecules occupying cis positions.

1. Chemical context

Early transition-metal alkoxides have been of inter­est for applications ranging from organic synthesis and catalysis to the preparation of metal oxide materials via the sol-gel process (Bradley, 1959View full citation; Bradley et al., 1978View full citation; Bradley et al. 2001View full citation). Earlier work by the author of this article assumed the use of fluorinated alkoxides would provide enhanced Lewis acidity, while maintaining steric and stereochemical control over Ziegler–Natta polymerization-type processes. These publications described the partial substitution of alkyl alkoxides by fluoro­alkoxides in alcoholysis-type reactions (Campbell et al., 1994View full citation; Fisher et al., 1993View full citation).

[Scheme 1]

In addition, the structure of an aceto­nitrile adduct of tetra­kis­fluoro­alkoxide titanium(IV), Ti[OCH(CF3)2]4(N≡CCH3)2, was described, in which the coordinated solvent mol­ecules act as Lewis bases in cis positions by way of nitro­gen lone pairs. The coordination geometry of the titanium(IV) ion was best described as being a distorted octa­hedral structure. It was tempting to assume that this structure was typical for the disolvates of the tetra­kis­fluoralkoxide titanium(IV) com­plexes.

However, it was not possible to obtain suitable quality X-ray data for the analogous tetra­hydro­furan (THF) adduct due to the significantly low melting point. However, the data that were obtained seemed to suggest that the THF adduct was an ionization isomer in the solid state com­prised of a Ti(OPrf)2THF42+ cation and a Ti(OPrf)62− anion (OPrf is hexa­fluoro­isopropoxide). Ionization isomers of metal com­plexes are known (Barbier et al., 1972View full citation; Tebbe & Muetterties, 1967View full citation; Kamata et al., 2012View full citation; Giesbrecht et al., 2004View full citation; Xie et al., 1996View full citation; Niemeyer, 2001View full citation), and it was assumed that the enhanced electron-withdrawing ability of the fluoro­alkoxides as com­pared with the electron-donor properties of alkyl alkoxides would have a preference for such an ionization isomer in a polar solvent such as THF. Malinowski & Koteras (2026View full citation) recently described the crystal structure of [Ti{OC(CF3)3}2(N≡CCH3)4][Al{OC(CF3)3}4], with the perfluoro­alkoxide ligands coordinated to the titanium(III) cation exhibiting a significant amount of disorder.

Some recent efforts to obtain X-ray-quality crystals of the Ti[OCH(CF3)2]4THF2 com­plex, which was prepared by way of a metathesis reaction between titanium(IV) chloride and sodium hexa­fluoro­isopropoxide in THF as a solvent, have been published (Van Der Sluys, 2024View full citation), but were again not entirely successful. However, it was possible to obtain the structure of a slightly higher melting minor product, in which only three chlorides had been substituted by fluoro­alkoxides, producing TiCl(OPrf)3THF2. In the present article, the X-ray crystal structure of the related penta­fluoro­phenoxide com­plex, Ti(OC6F5)4THF2 (com­plex 1), is reported.

2. Structural commentary

The mol­ecular structure of 1 shown in Fig. 1[link] emphasizes the nearly octa­hedral coordination geometry of the Ti atom, with the THF ligands adopting a cis configuration. Guzei & Winter (1997View full citation) have presented arguments concerning the factors that affect the formation of cis versus trans isomers in TiCl4L2 com­plexes containing pyrazole ligands. Their arguments sug­gest that π-donor ligands greatly influence the stability of the cis versus trans isomers. Alkoxide ligands are generally con­sidered better π-donor ligands than chloride ligands, but presumably the fluoro­phenoxide ligands somewhat attenuate these properties due to the electron-withdrawing nature of the F atoms and the potential delocalization of the oxygen lone pairs into the benzene π-ring system. Fractional coordinates and other crystallographic data can be found in the supporting information.

[Figure 1]
Figure 1
The mol­ecular structure of 1, showing the atom-numbering scheme used. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level.

The coordination geometry of 1 is best described as distorted octa­hedral. The fluoro­phenoxide Ti—O bond lengths [average 1.8691 (19) Å] are com­parable to those found in other fluoro­phenoxide com­pounds whose structures have been published previously (Campbell et al., 1994View full citation; Fisher et al., 1993View full citation). The Ti—O bond lengths for the coordinated THF ligands [average 2.1195 (18) Å] are significantly longer than the phenoxide bond lengths, com­parable to those previously observed (Van Der Sluys, 2024View full citation), and consistent with the weaker polar coordinate bonds associated with the neutral ether ligands as com­pared with the phenoxide ligands.

3. Supra­molecular features

Two of the fluoro­phenoxides in 1 have significantly more obtuse Ti—O—C bond angles and shorter Ti—O bond lengths than the other two fluorophenoxides. Specifically, the bond lengths and angles for the fluoro­phenoxides that are trans to the THF ligands are Ti1—O2 and Ti1—O3, which are 1.8777 (18) and 1.8370 (18) Å, respectively, while the Ti1—O2—C7 and Ti1—O3—C13 angles are 131.35 (17) and 158.45 (17)°, respectively. Alternatively, the fluoro­phenoxide ligands that are trans to each other, Ti1—O1 and Ti1—O4, have bond lengths of 1.8548 (19) and 1.9068 (19) Å, respectively, and Ti1—O1—C1 and Ti1—O4—C1 angles of 166.99 (17) and 129.21 (16)°, respectively. These bond angles do not seem to correlate well with anti­cipated trans-influence effects associated with phenoxide ligands being trans to a phenoxide versus a THF ligand. The larger Ti—O—C bond angles and shorter Ti—O bond lengths could be inter­preted as resulting from more significant π bonding inter­actions of the oxygen lone-pair inter­actions with the empty t2g (dxy, dxz and dyz) set of d orbitals of the titanium(IV) ion in an octa­hedral ligand field, which has a 3d0 electronic configuration. These variations do not seem to correlate with significant changes in the C—O bond lengths, which might be anti­cipated from changes in the bonding delocalization inter­actions of the benzene and the oxygen lone pairs. These variations in bond angles and lengths may simply be a result of crystal packing forces that influence the orientations of the benzene rings, as shown in the unit-cell packing diagram in Fig. 2[link].

[Figure 2]
Figure 2
Packing diagram for the unit cell of 1.

4. Synthesis and crystallization

The reaction of penta­fluoro­phenol with various alkoxides of titanium(IV) resulted in incom­plete substitution of the alkyl alkoxide ligands (Campbell et al., 1994View full citation). Mazdiyasni et al. (1971View full citation) described the synthesis of a series of hexa­fluoro­isopropoxide Group IV element com­pounds by way of a metathesis approach, in which the metal chlorides were reacted with four equivalents of the sodium fluoro­alkoxides, with the corresponding liquid fluoro­alcohols as the solvent. The desired com­pounds were obtained by fractional distillation and could be recrystallized from various organic solvents, including diethyl ether and THF. It was hoped that a similar metathesis approach could be used to prepare the corresponding titanium(IV) penta­fluoro­phenoxide com­pounds, but since penta­fluoro­phenol is a solid at room tem­per­a­ture, THF was used as the solvent. A potential com­plicating factor in the reaction with greater than four equivalents of alkoxide is the potential formation of anionic species, such as [Ti(OR)5] (Boyle et al., 1999View full citation; Chandler et al., 1993View full citation) and [Ti(OR)6]2− (Day et al., 1995View full citation), which have been shown to be useful in controlling sol-gel production of titanium oxide solid-state materials.

Reaction of titanium(IV) chloride with greater than two equivalents of barium penta­fluoro­phenoxide, which was pre­pared in situ from barium metal and penta­fluoro­phenol, resulted in the rapid formation of an orange solution and a white precipitate. The solution was stirred at room tem­per­a­ture for 12 h, after which the solution was filtered, and the volume of the solution was reduced in vacuo. Cooling the solution to 253 K resulted in the formation of orange crystals, which were characterized by SEM-XPS and IR spectroscopy (see supporting information). The crystalline product has been formulated as Ti(OC6F5)4THF2. It was somewhat disappointing that this reaction did not appear to produce a double alkoxide com­plex containing barium and titanium(IV) ions similar to the BaTi(OC6H5)6·2DMF com­pound (Day et al., 1995View full citation), which was used to prepare barium titanate by way of the sol-gel process.

Liquid TiCl4 and solid TiCl4THF2 were purchased from Aldrich and used as received. All synthetic procedures were carried out using standard Schlenk techniques or in a purified nitro­gen atmosphere using a Braun UNIlab glovebox. Sol­vents were purified by distillation from a sodium benzo­phenone ketal solution and stored in glass containers with solvent seal fittings. IR spectra were recorded as KBr pellets, by grinding small portions of the sample with dried potassium bromide using an agate mortar and pestle in the glovebox. Fourier transform IR (FT–IR) spectra (Fig. S1 in the sup­porting information) were recorded on a ThermoScientific Nicolet iS10 FT–IR spectrometer. Residual gaseous carbon dioxide asymmetric vibrations were sometimes observed in the 2400 cm−1 region, due to incom­plete background subtraction, and calibration was checked regularly using a film of polystyrene. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) images and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for com­po­sitional analysis (Fig. S2) were obtained by the Materials Characterization Lab of the Materials Research Institute at the PSU University Park campus.

5. Refinement

Crystal data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 1[link]. The positions of the H atoms were initially determined by geometry and were refined using a riding model. Non-H atoms were refined with anisotropic displacement parameters. H-atom displacement parameters were set at 1.2 times the isotropic equivalent displacement parameters of the bonded atoms.

Table 1
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula [Ti(C6F5O)4(C4H8O)2]
Mr 924.35
Crystal system, space group Monoclinic, P21/n
Temperature (K) 100
a, b, c (Å) 10.7678 (3), 18.6224 (5), 17.1245 (5)
β (°) 90.204 (2)
V3) 3433.82 (17)
Z 4
Radiation type Mo Kα
μ (mm−1) 0.40
Crystal size (mm) 0.14 × 0.14 × 0.09
 
Data collection
Diffractometer Bruker APEX CCD
Absorption correction Multi-scan (SADABS2016; Krause et al., 2015View full citation)
Tmin, Tmax 0.623, 0.695
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections 41654, 6043, 4550
Rint 0.068
(sin θ/λ)max−1) 0.595
 
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.039, 0.097, 1.00
No. of reflections 6043
No. of parameters 532
H-atom treatment H-atom parameters constrained
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) 0.34, −0.46
Computer programs: APEX3 (Bruker, 2007View full citation), SAINT (Bruker, 2007View full citation), SHELXT (Sheldrick, 2015View full citation), SHELXL2025 (Sheldrick, 2025View full citation) and OLEX2 (Dolomanov et al., 2009View full citation).

Supporting information


Computing details top

Tetrakis(pentafluorophenoxido-κO)bis(tetrahydrofuran-κO)titanium(IV), [Ti(C6F5O)4(C4H8O)2] top
Crystal data top
[Ti(C6F5O)4(C4H8O)2]F(000) = 1832
Mr = 924.35Dx = 1.788 Mg m3
Monoclinic, P21/nMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 10.7678 (3) ÅCell parameters from 8410 reflections
b = 18.6224 (5) Åθ = 2.4–30.4°
c = 17.1245 (5) ŵ = 0.40 mm1
β = 90.204 (2)°T = 100 K
V = 3433.82 (17) Å3Block, orange
Z = 40.14 × 0.14 × 0.09 mm
Data collection top
Bruker APEX CCD
diffractometer
4550 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
φ and ω scansRint = 0.068
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(SADABS2016; Krause et al., 2015)
θmax = 25.0°, θmin = 2.2°
Tmin = 0.623, Tmax = 0.695h = 1212
41654 measured reflectionsk = 2222
6043 independent reflectionsl = 1920
Refinement top
Refinement on F20 restraints
Least-squares matrix: fullHydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.039H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.097 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0415P)2 + 2.4623P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.00(Δ/σ)max = 0.001
6043 reflectionsΔρmax = 0.34 e Å3
532 parametersΔρmin = 0.46 e Å3
Special details top

Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/Ueq
Ti10.54379 (4)0.21700 (2)0.65158 (3)0.01836 (13)
F20.48061 (15)0.07750 (8)0.46061 (9)0.0275 (4)
F30.46785 (16)0.08295 (9)0.30352 (10)0.0361 (4)
F40.52382 (17)0.20695 (10)0.22618 (9)0.0392 (4)
F50.58924 (15)0.32564 (9)0.30822 (10)0.0330 (4)
F60.60174 (15)0.32125 (8)0.46622 (9)0.0285 (4)
F80.30266 (16)0.27450 (9)0.50221 (10)0.0389 (5)
F90.27079 (18)0.39576 (11)0.41814 (11)0.0532 (6)
F100.33334 (18)0.52580 (10)0.48005 (12)0.0534 (6)
F110.42690 (17)0.53281 (9)0.62739 (12)0.0439 (5)
F120.45684 (16)0.41232 (8)0.71255 (10)0.0311 (4)
F140.82314 (16)0.23242 (8)0.53812 (11)0.0375 (4)
F151.02058 (17)0.30959 (10)0.48959 (12)0.0504 (5)
F161.06352 (16)0.44323 (9)0.54877 (11)0.0417 (5)
F170.90700 (15)0.49807 (8)0.65763 (10)0.0350 (4)
F180.71103 (16)0.42083 (8)0.70748 (10)0.0344 (4)
F190.31651 (14)0.25946 (9)0.80634 (10)0.0299 (4)
F200.29102 (14)0.36793 (8)0.91024 (9)0.0286 (4)
F210.49437 (15)0.42573 (8)0.98074 (9)0.0289 (4)
F220.72545 (14)0.37964 (8)0.93880 (9)0.0283 (4)
F230.75251 (14)0.27640 (8)0.83031 (9)0.0265 (4)
O10.54289 (18)0.19743 (9)0.54538 (11)0.0239 (4)
O20.40712 (17)0.27960 (9)0.64940 (11)0.0240 (4)
O30.66287 (17)0.28759 (9)0.64923 (11)0.0254 (4)
O40.54803 (16)0.21227 (9)0.76279 (10)0.0210 (4)
O50.67766 (17)0.13425 (9)0.66137 (10)0.0217 (4)
O60.41500 (17)0.13131 (9)0.66251 (11)0.0232 (4)
C10.5398 (2)0.19959 (13)0.46761 (15)0.0179 (6)
C20.5075 (2)0.13973 (14)0.42396 (16)0.0209 (6)
C30.5019 (2)0.14218 (15)0.34369 (17)0.0241 (6)
C40.5293 (3)0.20430 (15)0.30475 (16)0.0244 (6)
C50.5616 (2)0.26442 (14)0.34650 (16)0.0216 (6)
C60.5680 (2)0.26185 (13)0.42646 (16)0.0202 (6)
C70.3861 (2)0.33975 (14)0.60855 (16)0.0233 (6)
C80.3355 (3)0.33817 (16)0.53372 (18)0.0293 (7)
C90.3184 (3)0.39969 (18)0.49046 (18)0.0361 (8)
C100.3496 (3)0.46504 (17)0.52192 (19)0.0359 (8)
C110.3969 (3)0.46866 (15)0.59653 (19)0.0315 (7)
C120.4132 (3)0.40705 (15)0.63897 (17)0.0256 (6)
C130.7608 (2)0.32487 (13)0.62373 (15)0.0203 (6)
C140.8424 (3)0.29829 (14)0.56797 (17)0.0257 (6)
C150.9432 (3)0.33737 (16)0.54330 (17)0.0299 (7)
C160.9649 (3)0.40483 (15)0.57279 (17)0.0270 (7)
C170.8863 (3)0.43218 (14)0.62814 (17)0.0243 (6)
C180.7862 (2)0.39280 (14)0.65310 (16)0.0218 (6)
C190.5350 (2)0.26492 (13)0.81489 (15)0.0174 (6)
C200.6369 (2)0.29737 (13)0.85021 (16)0.0193 (6)
C210.6242 (2)0.35047 (13)0.90531 (16)0.0205 (6)
C220.5080 (3)0.37395 (13)0.92656 (15)0.0207 (6)
C230.4055 (2)0.34380 (14)0.89140 (16)0.0204 (6)
C240.4187 (2)0.28991 (14)0.83767 (15)0.0195 (6)
C250.7764 (3)0.13369 (16)0.72070 (17)0.0303 (7)
H25A0.7462640.1123620.7700840.036*
H25B0.8064240.1829940.7312790.036*
C260.8780 (3)0.08829 (16)0.68563 (19)0.0332 (7)
H26A0.9278280.0642290.7267050.040*
H26B0.9337510.1174680.6524700.040*
C270.8055 (3)0.03401 (14)0.63716 (17)0.0293 (7)
H27A0.8580440.0128130.5958130.035*
H27B0.7720600.0049720.6702940.035*
C280.7021 (3)0.07884 (14)0.60249 (16)0.0247 (6)
H28A0.7283490.1008070.5525510.030*
H28B0.6271760.0492520.5930370.030*
C290.4092 (3)0.07952 (15)0.72628 (18)0.0347 (8)
H29A0.4067710.1044710.7772980.042*
H29B0.4825010.0474090.7253750.042*
C300.2905 (3)0.03692 (16)0.7130 (2)0.0380 (8)
H30A0.3048880.0150340.7212970.046*
H30B0.2239580.0532680.7485010.046*
C310.2572 (3)0.05210 (18)0.6292 (2)0.0456 (9)
H31A0.3010090.0189980.5933860.055*
H31B0.1665890.0477900.6204190.055*
C320.3000 (3)0.12791 (16)0.61809 (19)0.0322 (7)
H32A0.3147470.1383760.5622050.039*
H32B0.2382280.1623780.6386170.039*
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Ti10.0195 (3)0.0161 (2)0.0194 (3)0.00047 (19)0.0011 (2)0.0020 (2)
F20.0306 (9)0.0192 (8)0.0327 (10)0.0024 (7)0.0023 (7)0.0027 (7)
F30.0415 (11)0.0354 (9)0.0313 (10)0.0037 (8)0.0082 (8)0.0142 (8)
F40.0424 (11)0.0569 (12)0.0184 (10)0.0050 (9)0.0027 (8)0.0001 (8)
F50.0330 (10)0.0343 (9)0.0316 (10)0.0014 (8)0.0022 (8)0.0128 (8)
F60.0367 (10)0.0187 (8)0.0303 (10)0.0020 (7)0.0008 (7)0.0030 (7)
F80.0360 (10)0.0458 (11)0.0348 (11)0.0117 (8)0.0100 (8)0.0138 (9)
F90.0499 (13)0.0814 (15)0.0280 (11)0.0230 (11)0.0068 (9)0.0092 (10)
F100.0467 (12)0.0537 (12)0.0598 (14)0.0116 (10)0.0023 (10)0.0352 (10)
F110.0465 (12)0.0229 (9)0.0623 (13)0.0021 (8)0.0018 (10)0.0067 (8)
F120.0384 (10)0.0241 (8)0.0307 (10)0.0034 (7)0.0037 (8)0.0005 (7)
F140.0363 (10)0.0299 (9)0.0465 (12)0.0084 (8)0.0153 (8)0.0211 (8)
F150.0387 (11)0.0573 (12)0.0554 (13)0.0122 (9)0.0263 (10)0.0242 (10)
F160.0271 (10)0.0412 (10)0.0568 (13)0.0143 (8)0.0083 (9)0.0010 (9)
F170.0348 (10)0.0201 (8)0.0502 (12)0.0078 (7)0.0045 (8)0.0067 (8)
F180.0341 (10)0.0291 (9)0.0399 (11)0.0026 (7)0.0113 (8)0.0162 (8)
F190.0159 (8)0.0402 (9)0.0338 (10)0.0069 (7)0.0026 (7)0.0108 (8)
F200.0178 (8)0.0334 (9)0.0348 (10)0.0041 (7)0.0089 (7)0.0058 (7)
F210.0349 (10)0.0222 (8)0.0296 (10)0.0008 (7)0.0060 (7)0.0105 (7)
F220.0232 (9)0.0294 (8)0.0322 (10)0.0030 (7)0.0082 (7)0.0069 (7)
F230.0149 (8)0.0322 (8)0.0322 (10)0.0025 (7)0.0008 (7)0.0070 (7)
O10.0301 (11)0.0221 (9)0.0194 (11)0.0002 (8)0.0005 (8)0.0005 (8)
O20.0245 (11)0.0215 (9)0.0260 (11)0.0037 (8)0.0010 (8)0.0003 (8)
O30.0251 (11)0.0225 (10)0.0287 (12)0.0041 (8)0.0059 (9)0.0035 (8)
O40.0208 (10)0.0203 (9)0.0219 (11)0.0003 (8)0.0022 (8)0.0045 (8)
O50.0220 (10)0.0222 (9)0.0210 (11)0.0030 (8)0.0011 (8)0.0050 (8)
O60.0241 (10)0.0219 (9)0.0236 (11)0.0040 (8)0.0036 (8)0.0027 (8)
C10.0176 (14)0.0216 (13)0.0145 (14)0.0029 (11)0.0013 (11)0.0001 (11)
C20.0179 (14)0.0209 (13)0.0240 (16)0.0005 (11)0.0008 (11)0.0010 (12)
C30.0162 (14)0.0291 (15)0.0271 (17)0.0000 (12)0.0039 (12)0.0091 (13)
C40.0176 (14)0.0400 (17)0.0157 (15)0.0009 (12)0.0016 (11)0.0015 (13)
C50.0157 (14)0.0265 (14)0.0225 (16)0.0015 (11)0.0013 (11)0.0067 (12)
C60.0162 (14)0.0207 (13)0.0235 (16)0.0024 (11)0.0013 (11)0.0050 (11)
C70.0193 (14)0.0252 (14)0.0253 (16)0.0067 (12)0.0022 (12)0.0021 (12)
C80.0220 (15)0.0346 (16)0.0314 (18)0.0092 (13)0.0027 (13)0.0060 (14)
C90.0294 (17)0.054 (2)0.0251 (18)0.0159 (15)0.0012 (14)0.0071 (15)
C100.0275 (17)0.0403 (18)0.040 (2)0.0107 (14)0.0079 (15)0.0216 (16)
C110.0272 (17)0.0250 (15)0.042 (2)0.0025 (13)0.0059 (14)0.0064 (14)
C120.0218 (15)0.0297 (15)0.0253 (16)0.0031 (12)0.0023 (12)0.0030 (13)
C130.0205 (14)0.0216 (13)0.0187 (15)0.0029 (11)0.0007 (11)0.0008 (11)
C140.0284 (16)0.0200 (14)0.0287 (17)0.0033 (12)0.0006 (13)0.0064 (12)
C150.0260 (16)0.0349 (16)0.0288 (18)0.0008 (13)0.0075 (13)0.0072 (13)
C160.0194 (15)0.0304 (15)0.0313 (18)0.0059 (12)0.0016 (13)0.0017 (13)
C170.0269 (16)0.0168 (13)0.0293 (17)0.0014 (12)0.0086 (13)0.0009 (12)
C180.0202 (14)0.0221 (14)0.0232 (16)0.0029 (11)0.0013 (12)0.0047 (12)
C190.0200 (14)0.0166 (12)0.0156 (14)0.0003 (11)0.0019 (11)0.0009 (11)
C200.0128 (13)0.0220 (13)0.0231 (15)0.0032 (11)0.0039 (11)0.0018 (11)
C210.0181 (14)0.0208 (13)0.0226 (15)0.0049 (11)0.0040 (11)0.0003 (11)
C220.0250 (15)0.0178 (13)0.0192 (15)0.0005 (11)0.0039 (12)0.0012 (11)
C230.0151 (14)0.0241 (14)0.0219 (15)0.0024 (11)0.0068 (11)0.0031 (11)
C240.0174 (14)0.0243 (13)0.0170 (14)0.0045 (11)0.0008 (11)0.0016 (11)
C250.0263 (16)0.0374 (16)0.0273 (17)0.0060 (13)0.0067 (13)0.0071 (13)
C260.0270 (17)0.0330 (16)0.0396 (19)0.0090 (13)0.0019 (14)0.0047 (14)
C270.0400 (18)0.0218 (14)0.0261 (17)0.0073 (13)0.0064 (14)0.0023 (12)
C280.0321 (17)0.0191 (13)0.0227 (16)0.0017 (12)0.0054 (12)0.0063 (12)
C290.046 (2)0.0271 (15)0.0309 (18)0.0110 (14)0.0019 (15)0.0081 (13)
C300.0323 (18)0.0322 (16)0.049 (2)0.0087 (14)0.0087 (16)0.0071 (15)
C310.037 (2)0.0425 (19)0.058 (2)0.0156 (16)0.0047 (17)0.0011 (17)
C320.0236 (16)0.0362 (17)0.0369 (19)0.0074 (13)0.0096 (14)0.0041 (14)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Ti1—O11.8548 (19)C7—C81.391 (4)
Ti1—O21.8777 (18)C7—C121.388 (4)
Ti1—O31.8370 (18)C8—C91.376 (4)
Ti1—O41.9068 (19)C9—C101.372 (5)
Ti1—O52.1163 (18)C10—C111.375 (4)
Ti1—O62.1227 (18)C11—C121.369 (4)
F2—C21.350 (3)C13—C141.391 (4)
F3—C31.350 (3)C13—C181.388 (4)
F4—C41.347 (3)C14—C151.375 (4)
F5—C51.349 (3)C15—C161.374 (4)
F6—C61.348 (3)C16—C171.371 (4)
F8—C81.349 (3)C17—C181.374 (4)
F9—C91.341 (3)C19—C201.390 (4)
F10—C101.351 (3)C19—C241.392 (4)
F11—C111.345 (3)C20—C211.374 (4)
F12—C121.347 (3)C21—C221.376 (4)
F14—C141.345 (3)C22—C231.375 (4)
F15—C151.347 (3)C23—C241.369 (4)
F16—C161.346 (3)C25—H25A0.9900
F17—C171.345 (3)C25—H25B0.9900
F18—C181.341 (3)C25—C261.509 (4)
F19—C241.348 (3)C26—H26A0.9900
F20—C231.352 (3)C26—H26B0.9900
F21—C221.347 (3)C26—C271.522 (4)
F22—C211.344 (3)C27—H27A0.9900
F23—C201.350 (3)C27—H27B0.9900
O1—C11.333 (3)C27—C281.511 (4)
O2—C71.340 (3)C28—H28A0.9900
O3—C131.337 (3)C28—H28B0.9900
O4—C191.333 (3)C29—H29A0.9900
O5—C251.468 (3)C29—H29B0.9900
O5—C281.467 (3)C29—C301.521 (4)
O6—C291.458 (3)C30—H30A0.9900
O6—C321.452 (3)C30—H30B0.9900
C1—C21.386 (4)C30—C311.505 (5)
C1—C61.391 (4)C31—H31A0.9900
C2—C31.376 (4)C31—H31B0.9900
C3—C41.368 (4)C31—C321.497 (4)
C4—C51.373 (4)C32—H32A0.9900
C5—C61.371 (4)C32—H32B0.9900
O1—Ti1—O295.80 (8)F17—C17—C16119.8 (2)
O1—Ti1—O4165.98 (8)F17—C17—C18119.9 (3)
O1—Ti1—O586.32 (8)C18—C17—C16120.3 (2)
O1—Ti1—O686.42 (8)F18—C18—C13119.2 (2)
O2—Ti1—O493.70 (8)F18—C18—C17119.0 (2)
O2—Ti1—O5170.82 (8)C17—C18—C13121.8 (2)
O2—Ti1—O687.49 (8)O4—C19—C20121.7 (2)
O3—Ti1—O196.91 (8)O4—C19—C24122.0 (2)
O3—Ti1—O295.87 (8)C20—C19—C24116.2 (2)
O3—Ti1—O492.33 (8)F23—C20—C19119.5 (2)
O3—Ti1—O592.73 (8)F23—C20—C21118.4 (2)
O3—Ti1—O6174.99 (8)C21—C20—C19122.1 (2)
O4—Ti1—O582.73 (7)F22—C21—C20120.1 (2)
O4—Ti1—O683.72 (7)F22—C21—C22119.7 (2)
O5—Ti1—O683.72 (7)C20—C21—C22120.2 (2)
C1—O1—Ti1166.88 (17)F21—C22—C21120.7 (2)
C7—O2—Ti1131.35 (17)F21—C22—C23120.3 (2)
C13—O3—Ti1158.45 (17)C23—C22—C21118.9 (2)
C19—O4—Ti1129.21 (16)F20—C23—C22119.4 (2)
C25—O5—Ti1123.46 (15)F20—C23—C24120.1 (2)
C25—O5—C28109.84 (19)C24—C23—C22120.5 (2)
C28—O5—Ti1125.56 (15)F19—C24—C19118.8 (2)
C29—O6—Ti1126.34 (16)F19—C24—C23119.3 (2)
C32—O6—Ti1122.87 (15)C23—C24—C19122.0 (2)
C32—O6—C29109.0 (2)O5—C25—H25A110.8
O1—C1—C2121.3 (2)O5—C25—H25B110.8
O1—C1—C6121.8 (2)O5—C25—C26104.7 (2)
C2—C1—C6116.9 (2)H25A—C25—H25B108.9
F2—C2—C1119.6 (2)C26—C25—H25A110.8
F2—C2—C3119.0 (2)C26—C25—H25B110.8
C3—C2—C1121.5 (2)C25—C26—H26A111.3
F3—C3—C2119.5 (2)C25—C26—H26B111.3
F3—C3—C4120.1 (3)C25—C26—C27102.6 (2)
C4—C3—C2120.4 (2)H26A—C26—H26B109.2
F4—C4—C3120.6 (2)C27—C26—H26A111.3
F4—C4—C5120.0 (2)C27—C26—H26B111.3
C3—C4—C5119.4 (3)C26—C27—H27A111.2
F5—C5—C4119.5 (2)C26—C27—H27B111.2
F5—C5—C6120.3 (2)H27A—C27—H27B109.1
C4—C5—C6120.2 (2)C28—C27—C26102.9 (2)
F6—C6—C1119.1 (2)C28—C27—H27A111.2
F6—C6—C5119.2 (2)C28—C27—H27B111.2
C5—C6—C1121.6 (2)O5—C28—C27104.6 (2)
O2—C7—C8121.9 (2)O5—C28—H28A110.8
O2—C7—C12121.6 (3)O5—C28—H28B110.8
C12—C7—C8116.5 (3)C27—C28—H28A110.8
F8—C8—C7119.2 (3)C27—C28—H28B110.8
F8—C8—C9118.8 (3)H28A—C28—H28B108.9
C9—C8—C7122.0 (3)O6—C29—H29A110.6
F9—C9—C8120.1 (3)O6—C29—H29B110.6
F9—C9—C10120.2 (3)O6—C29—C30105.7 (2)
C10—C9—C8119.6 (3)H29A—C29—H29B108.7
F10—C10—C9120.2 (3)C30—C29—H29A110.6
F10—C10—C11119.9 (3)C30—C29—H29B110.6
C9—C10—C11119.8 (3)C29—C30—H30A111.0
F11—C11—C10119.7 (3)C29—C30—H30B111.0
F11—C11—C12120.4 (3)H30A—C30—H30B109.0
C12—C11—C10119.9 (3)C31—C30—C29104.0 (2)
F12—C12—C7119.3 (2)C31—C30—H30A111.0
F12—C12—C11118.6 (3)C31—C30—H30B111.0
C11—C12—C7122.1 (3)C30—C31—H31A111.2
O3—C13—C14122.7 (2)C30—C31—H31B111.2
O3—C13—C18120.6 (2)H31A—C31—H31B109.1
C14—C13—C18116.7 (2)C32—C31—C30103.0 (3)
F14—C14—C13119.3 (2)C32—C31—H31A111.2
F14—C14—C15119.1 (3)C32—C31—H31B111.2
C15—C14—C13121.6 (2)O6—C32—C31103.7 (2)
F15—C15—C14119.8 (3)O6—C32—H32A111.0
F15—C15—C16119.8 (3)O6—C32—H32B111.0
C14—C15—C16120.3 (3)C31—C32—H32A111.0
F16—C16—C15120.5 (3)C31—C32—H32B111.0
F16—C16—C17120.2 (3)H32A—C32—H32B109.0
C17—C16—C15119.3 (3)
Ti1—O1—C1—C2159.0 (7)O4—C19—C20—C21178.4 (2)
Ti1—O1—C1—C620.6 (9)O4—C19—C24—F190.5 (4)
Ti1—O2—C7—C886.4 (3)O4—C19—C24—C23179.7 (2)
Ti1—O2—C7—C1293.8 (3)O5—Ti1—O1—C1141.9 (8)
Ti1—O3—C13—C1414.4 (7)O5—Ti1—O3—C1361.0 (5)
Ti1—O3—C13—C18166.3 (4)O5—C25—C26—C2732.4 (3)
Ti1—O4—C19—C2098.6 (3)O6—Ti1—O1—C1134.1 (8)
Ti1—O4—C19—C2482.2 (3)O6—Ti1—O2—C7142.4 (2)
Ti1—O5—C25—C26155.01 (18)O6—C29—C30—C3117.0 (3)
Ti1—O5—C28—C27179.54 (16)C1—C2—C3—F3178.8 (2)
Ti1—O6—C29—C30171.78 (18)C1—C2—C3—C40.4 (4)
Ti1—O6—C32—C31166.3 (2)C2—C1—C6—F6179.0 (2)
F2—C2—C3—F31.1 (4)C2—C1—C6—C51.3 (4)
F2—C2—C3—C4179.6 (2)C2—C3—C4—F4179.9 (2)
F3—C3—C4—F40.7 (4)C2—C3—C4—C50.4 (4)
F3—C3—C4—C5178.9 (2)C3—C4—C5—F5179.7 (2)
F4—C4—C5—F50.8 (4)C3—C4—C5—C60.9 (4)
F4—C4—C5—C6179.6 (2)C4—C5—C6—F6179.0 (2)
F5—C5—C6—F60.2 (4)C4—C5—C6—C11.3 (4)
F5—C5—C6—C1179.9 (2)C6—C1—C2—F2179.2 (2)
F8—C8—C9—F90.6 (4)C6—C1—C2—C30.9 (4)
F8—C8—C9—C10179.1 (3)C7—C8—C9—F9179.2 (3)
F9—C9—C10—F100.4 (5)C7—C8—C9—C101.2 (5)
F9—C9—C10—C11179.2 (3)C8—C7—C12—F12176.9 (2)
F10—C10—C11—F110.1 (4)C8—C7—C12—C113.0 (4)
F10—C10—C11—C12179.9 (3)C8—C9—C10—F10180.0 (3)
F11—C11—C12—F121.6 (4)C8—C9—C10—C110.5 (5)
F11—C11—C12—C7178.5 (3)C9—C10—C11—F11179.7 (3)
F14—C14—C15—F150.4 (4)C9—C10—C11—C120.4 (5)
F14—C14—C15—C16179.9 (3)C10—C11—C12—F12178.4 (3)
F15—C15—C16—F160.4 (4)C10—C11—C12—C71.5 (4)
F15—C15—C16—C17179.2 (3)C12—C7—C8—F8177.4 (2)
F16—C16—C17—F171.0 (4)C12—C7—C8—C92.8 (4)
F16—C16—C17—C18179.5 (3)C13—C14—C15—F15179.5 (3)
F17—C17—C18—F180.7 (4)C13—C14—C15—C160.9 (5)
F17—C17—C18—C13179.4 (2)C14—C13—C18—F18179.5 (2)
F20—C23—C24—F192.6 (4)C14—C13—C18—C170.4 (4)
F20—C23—C24—C19178.1 (2)C14—C15—C16—F16180.0 (3)
F21—C22—C23—F201.7 (4)C14—C15—C16—C171.2 (5)
F21—C22—C23—C24178.4 (2)C15—C16—C17—F17179.8 (3)
F22—C21—C22—F210.2 (4)C15—C16—C17—C180.7 (4)
F22—C21—C22—C23179.6 (2)C16—C17—C18—F18179.8 (2)
F23—C20—C21—F220.9 (4)C16—C17—C18—C130.1 (4)
F23—C20—C21—C22179.2 (2)C18—C13—C14—F14179.3 (2)
O1—Ti1—O2—C756.3 (2)C18—C13—C14—C150.1 (4)
O1—Ti1—O3—C1325.6 (5)C19—C20—C21—F22179.0 (2)
O1—C1—C2—F21.2 (4)C19—C20—C21—C220.9 (4)
O1—C1—C2—C3178.7 (2)C20—C19—C24—F19178.8 (2)
O1—C1—C6—F61.3 (4)C20—C19—C24—C230.5 (4)
O1—C1—C6—C5178.3 (2)C20—C21—C22—F21179.7 (2)
O2—Ti1—O1—C147.0 (8)C20—C21—C22—C230.5 (4)
O2—Ti1—O3—C13122.2 (5)C21—C22—C23—F20178.1 (2)
O2—C7—C8—F82.3 (4)C21—C22—C23—C241.8 (4)
O2—C7—C8—C9177.4 (3)C22—C23—C24—F19177.5 (2)
O2—C7—C12—F122.9 (4)C22—C23—C24—C191.8 (4)
O2—C7—C12—C11177.2 (3)C24—C19—C20—F23179.3 (2)
O3—Ti1—O1—C149.6 (8)C24—C19—C20—C210.8 (4)
O3—Ti1—O2—C741.3 (2)C25—O5—C28—C2711.5 (3)
O3—C13—C14—F140.1 (4)C25—C26—C27—C2839.3 (3)
O3—C13—C14—C15179.3 (3)C26—C27—C28—O531.4 (3)
O3—C13—C18—F180.1 (4)C28—O5—C25—C2613.4 (3)
O3—C13—C18—C17179.8 (3)C29—O6—C32—C3128.2 (3)
O4—Ti1—O1—C1179.5 (7)C29—C30—C31—C3233.7 (3)
O4—Ti1—O2—C7134.1 (2)C30—C31—C32—O638.1 (3)
O4—Ti1—O3—C13143.8 (5)C32—O6—C29—C307.0 (3)
O4—C19—C20—F231.5 (4)
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
C25—H25A···F9i0.992.553.426 (4)147
C25—H25B···F230.992.503.264 (3)134
C27—H27A···F21ii0.992.623.580 (3)162
C27—H27B···F18ii0.992.513.399 (3)149
C28—H28A···F20iii0.992.603.572 (3)168
C29—H29B···F3iv0.992.533.342 (4)139
C29—H29B···F17ii0.992.503.184 (4)126
C32—H32A···F22v0.992.343.174 (3)141
Symmetry codes: (i) x+1/2, y+1/2, z+1/2; (ii) x+3/2, y1/2, z+3/2; (iii) x+1/2, y+1/2, z1/2; (iv) x+1, y, z+1; (v) x1/2, y+1/2, z1/2.
 

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, for their support through a Research and Development (RDG) grant. The author thanks Doug Powell, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7133-468X), for his assistance in collecting the X-ray data. The author also thanks Professor Nan Xu (PSU, Altoona) for allowing the use of his inert atmosphere glovebox and Dr Hemant Yennawar (PSU, University Park) for helpful discussions and analysis of the crystallographic data based on reviewers comments.

Conflict of interest

The author declares no com­peting financial inter­est.

Funding information

Funding for this research was provided by: National Science Foundation, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (grant No. CHE-0130835); Pennsylvania State University, Commonwealth Campus at Altoona.

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