Low-Temperature Structures of fac-Trichloro(tetrahydrofuran)(D, L-tetrahydrofurfuranol)titanium(III) and fac-Trichloro(tetrahydrofuran)(D, L-tetrahydrofurfuroxide)titanium(IV)

The title compounds I [TiCl₃(C₅H₁₀O₂)(C₄H₈O)] [IUPAC name: fac-trichloro(tetrahydrofuran)(D,L-tetrahydrofuran-2-methanol-O,O')titanium(III)], and (II) [TiCl₃(C₅H₉O₂)(C₄H₈O)] [IUPAC name: fac-trichloro(tetrahydrofuran)(D,L-tetrahydrofuran-2-methanolato-O,O')titanium(III)], are pseudo-octahedral metal complexes of similar structure. The molecule of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol in (I) and its alkoxide anion in (II) act as chelating ligands. Disorder of the two enantiomers of the chelating ligand occurs in both structures.

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