Darstellung und Strukturen von (η6‐Diaren)TiII‐bis(tetrachloroaluminat)Komplexen,Diaren = Biphenyl oder 3,5,3′,5′‐Tetramethyl‐biphenyl

Syntheses and Crystal Structures of (η⁶‐Diarene)Ti^II‐bis(tetrachloroaluminate) Complexes, Diarene = Biphenyl or 3,5,3′,5′‐Tetramethyl‐biphenyl Syntheses of (η⁶‐diarene)Ti^II(AlCl₄)₂ complexes were performed by the Fischer‐Hafner method. The diarenes employed were biphenyl and 3,5,3′,5′‐tetramethyl‐biphenyl. In each of the resulting complexes, (η⁶‐C₁₂H₁₀)Ti^II(AlCl₄)₂ ( 1 ) and (η⁶‐C₁₆H₁₈)Ti^II(AlCl₄)₂ ( 2 ), only one C₆‐ring of a diarene is coordinatively active. 1 : Space group Pbca, Z = 8, lattice constants at 20 °C: a = 16.864(3), b = 13.931(3), c = 18.807(3) Å; R₁ = 0.048. 2 : Space group P2₁/n, Z = 4, lattice constants at 20 °C: a = 9.775(1), b = 13.720(1), c = 20.214(1) Å; β = 95.50(1)°; R₁ = 0.050.