The 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Octahedral Fluorothiocyanato-N- and Fluorocyanato-N-Titanates(IV)
The low temperature 19F n.m.r. spectra of the mixtures TiF62−−TiX62− (X = Cl−, Br−, NCS−, NCO−) in sulfur dioxide solution have been examined. When X = Cl− or Br− rapid fluorine exchange is occurring even at the lowest accessible temperature, but when X = NCS− or NCO− the spectra of the individual mixed species TiF6−xXx2− are observed. In the latter two cases the solutions also contain fluorine-bridged dimers in stable equilibrium. The 19F chemical shifts of TiF6−xXx2− (X = NCS− or NCO−) and of some related mixed complexes are reasonably represented by the equation δ = pC + qT where C and T are constants characteristic of the substituent X and p and q are the number of ligands X cis and trans respectively to the resonating fluorine. The constants T appear to be a measure of the π-donor ability of the ligand X in these complexes, supporting the idea that the chemical shift of a fluorine in fluorotitanates is determined largely by the extent to which fluorine-to-titanium back donation occurs.