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Basab Bijayi Dhar1, Edwin S Gould
1Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA.
Abstract:
Titanium(II) solutions, prepared by dissolving titanium wire in triflic acid + HF, contain equimolar quantities of Ti(IV). These preparations react readily with oxidizing species such as VO(2)(+), substituted benzoquinones, and the biguanide complex of Mn(IV). Reactions with excess Ti(II) yield Ti(III). Reductions of 1,4-benzoquinones and the Mn(IV) complex are catalyzed by added Ti(IV) but stoichiometry is unaffected. Rate laws for the Ti(IV)-catalyzed reactions are consistent with formation of a Ti(II)-Ti(IV) complex (K(formation) 4 x 10(2) M(-1)), which, in some cases, also partakes in contributing deprotonated and halogen-catalyzed paths.
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