| Abstract: | Contributions to the Chemistry of Transition Metal Alkyl Compounds. XLVI. Polarographic Properties of Dibenzyl and Diphenyl Titanium in Aprotic Solvents The polarographic properties of dibenzyl and diphenyl titanium were investigated using acetonitrile (AN), dimethylformamide (DMF), and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) as solvents. Both compounds are reduced irreversibly at very negative potentials in a two-electron step with formation of titanium. The half-wave potentials depend on the donor strength of the solvents. With increasing donor number the half-wave potentials are shifted to more negative values. The fact that the limiting currents turned out to be diffusion controlled suggests a monomeric structure of the titanium diorganyls in AN, DMF, and DMSO. |
