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Titanium bis(acetylacetonate)dichloride

Titanium bis(acetylacetonate)dichloride is the coordination complex with the formula Ti(C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>7</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>. It is a common acetylacetonate complex of titanium. It is a red-orange solid that hydrolyzes slowly in air.

The complex is prepared by treatment of titanium tetrachloride with excess acetylacetone:

TiCl<sub>4</sub> + 2&nbsp;Hacac → Ti(acac)<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub> + 2&nbsp;HCl

It is an octahedral complex that crystallizes as a racemic mixture of the chiral cis isomers. It is fluxional in solution, as the result of rapid cis–trans equilibrium.

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