Interaction of titanium halides with esters of phosphorus

Vidwans, D. H. (1962) Interaction of titanium halides with esters of phosphorus. Doctoral thesis, Northern Polytechnic.

Abstract

Interaction of titanium tetrachloride with dialkyl hydrogen phosphites (Alkyl = Et, Prⁿ, Prⁱ, Buⁿ, Buⁱ) and trialkyl phosphates, (Alkyl = Et, Buⁿ, Buⁱ) first involves the formation of a complex (RO₂P = 2P = OH.TiCl₄; (RO)₃P = O.TiCl₄ ; at temperatures below 0°, and then elimination of alkyl chloride and hydrogen chloride, and formation of a network of—P — 0 — Ti — 0 — links giving substances in the range Ti₂P₂0₉ — Ti₄P₄O₁₆. The elimination occurred approximately stepwise as the temperature was raised by the following stages: -100° (2 hr.) and 200° (2 hr.) and finally the residue was heated in an open crucible to about 10000°. Most of the elimination of chlorine and alkyl group occurred during the first stage of heating. During the second stage of heating s-butyl chloride was formed from the n-butyl esters and t-butyl chloride was formed from the isobutyl esters. Diphenyl hydrogen phosphite reacted with titanium tetrachloride to give hydrogen chloride and trichlorotityl- diphenyl phosphite (PhO)₂ PH0+ TiCl₄ → HC1 + (Ph0) ₂P0TiCl₃. Titanium tetrachloride and triphenyl phosphate formed 1:1 and 1:2 co-ordination compounds and there was no elimination of chlorobenzene.

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