Titanium (IV) complexes based on substituted 2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)]aminophenols

Novel substituted 2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)]aminophenols, MeN(CHR1CR2R3OH)(C6H4-o-OH) (2–5), were synthesized by the reaction of 2-methylaminophenol with corresponding oxiranes. Titano-spiro-bis(ocanes) [MeN(CHR1CR2R3O)(C6H4-o-O)]2Ti 6–9 (2, 6, R1 = H, R2 = R3 = Me; 3, 7, R1 = R2 = Ph (treo-), R3 = H; 4, 8, R1 = Ph, R2 = R3 = H; 5, 9, R1 = R2 = H, R3 = Ph) based on [ONO]-ligands have been synthesized. The obtained compounds were characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis data. The complex [Ti(μ2-O){O-o-C6H4}{μ2-CMe2CH2}NMe]6 (10) was obtained by controlled hydrolysis of 6. Molecular structure of 10 was determined by X-ray structure analysis.