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From Molecules to Materials: Engineering New Ionic Liquid Crystals Through Halogen Bonding
Published on: March 24, 2018
Diethyl-enetriaminium hexa-fluorido-titanate(IV) fluoride
1Laboratoire des Oxydes et Fluorures, UMR 6010 CNRS, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université du Maine, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9, France.
Abstract:
The title compound, (C(6)H(21)N(4))[TiF(6)]F, was synthesized by the reaction of TiO(2), tris-(2-amino-ethyl)amine, HF and ethanol at 463 K in a microwave oven. The crystal structure consists of two crystallographically independent [TiF(6)](2-) anions, two fluoride anions and two triply-protonated tris-(2-amino-ethyl)-amine cations. The Ti atoms are coordinated by six F atoms within slightly distorted octa-hedra. The anions and cations are connected by inter-molecular N-H⋯F hydrogen bonds.
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