Chemistry Letters, Vol.44, No.8, 1050-1052, 2015
Novel Titanium Complexes with a Reversible Structural Change on Solvent Adsorption and Desorption
Two novel pyrazine-2-carboxylate titanium complexes were synthesized from an aqueous solution (1) and 1 in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) (2). The structure of 2 was determined to be [Ti6O8(C4H3N2COO)(8)(C3H7NO)(4)]center dot 4C(3)H(7)NO center dot H2O by single-crystal X-ray analysis. Both complexes exhibited solvent adsorption desorption accompanying reversible structural change. 1 and 2 were compatible, and 1 was vital for the synthesis of 2. The degassed 1 showed gate adsorption property for water vapor.