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Titanium(IV) chloride

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Synonym(s):

TTC, Titanium tetrachloride

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
TiCl4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
189.68
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.55

vapor pressure

50 mmHg ( 55 °C)
9.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Quality Level

100
200

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99.9% trace metals basis

form

liquid

reaction suitability

reagent type: catalyst
core: titanium

bp

135-136 °C (lit.)

mp

−25 °C (lit.)

density

1.73 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Cl[Ti](Cl)(Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/4ClH.Ti/h4*1H;/q;;;;+4/p-4

InChI key

XJDNKRIXUMDJCW-UHFFFAOYSA-J

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General description

Titanium(IV) chloride participates in the Baylis-Hillman reaction of arylaldehydes with methyl vinyl ketone. Neutral solutions of TiCl4 having a pH in the range of 2.5 to 6.0 (prepared by the addition of magnesium oxide as a base) have been used for the synthesis of nanosized titanium dioxide.

Application

Activates pyrrolidines for improved conversion, via a modified Bouveault reaction, to the corresponding α,α-dimethylamines.
Along with sodium borohydride, it forms an effective reagent for the reduction of:
  • carboxylic acid and acyl chloride to alcohols
  • carboxamides, oximes and lactams to amines
  • sulfoxides to sulfides
Titanium(IV) chloride (TiCl4) has been used as a precursor for the synthesis of Ag-TiO2@polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanoparticles. TiCl4 may also be used as one of the constituents to synthesize TiO2/Al2O3 binary oxide materials and N-(10-oxo-vinylanthracen-9-(10H)-ylidene)cyanamide.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Pictograms

Skull and crossbonesCorrosion

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Inhalation - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

6.1B - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Gaofei Xiao et al.
Journal of environmental sciences (China), 60, 14-23 (2017-10-17)
TiO
Reduction of some functional groups with titanium (IV) chloride/sodium borohydride.
Kano S, et al.
Synthesis, 1980(09), 695-697 (1980)
Scalable hybrid chemical manufacture to photothermal therapy: PEG-capped phototransducers
Byeon, Jeong Hoon
Scientific Reports, 6 (2016)
Influence of the sol-gel preparation method on the photocatalytic NO oxidation performance of TiO2/Al2O3 binary oxides.
Polat M, et al.
Catalysis Today, 241, 25-32 (2015)
Precipitation of nanosized titanium dioxide from aqueous titanium (IV) chloride solutions by neutralization with MgO.
Li Y and Demopoulos GP.
Hydrometallurgy, 90(1), 26-33 (2008)

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