Abstract
The equimolar reactions of dicyclopentadienyl titanium(IV) dichloride and bibasic tri- (SBH2) or tetradentate (S'B'H2) Schiff bases have yielded penta-and hexa- coordinated dicyclopentadienyl titanium(IV) Schiff base complexes of the types (C5H5)2Ti(SB) and (C5H5)2Ti(S'B'). These are monomeric in boiling chloroform and on the basis of electronic, infrared, proton magnetic resonance and mass spectral studies, coordination of azomethine nitrogen and phenolic/alcoholic oxygens to titanium atom has been substantiated.