Titanium perchlorate, or more precisely titanium(IV) perchlorate, is a molecular compound of titanium and perchlorate groups with formula Ti(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>. Anhydrous titanium perchlorate decomposes explosively at 130 ðC and melts at 85 ðC with a slight decomposition. It sublimes in a vacuum as low as 70 ðC. Being a molecular with four perchlorate ligands, it is an unusual example of a transition metal perchlorate complex.
In Ti(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>, the four perchlorate groups binds as bidentate ligands. Thus the Ti center is bound to eight oxygen atoms. So the molecule could also be called tetrakis(perchlorato-O,O)titanium(IV).
In the solid form it forms monoclinic crystals, with unit cell parameters a=12.451 b=7.814 c=12.826 àñ=108.13. Unit cell volume is 1186 à<sup>3</sup> at -100 ðC. There are four molecules per unit cell.
It reacts with petrolatum, nitromethane, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, and over 25 ðC with carbon tetrachloride.
Titanyl perchlorate form solvates with water, dimethyl sulfoxide, dioxane, pyridine-N-oxide, and quinoline-N-oxide.
Thermolysis of titanium perchlorate gives TiO<sub>2</sub>, ClO<sub>2</sub> and dioxygen O<sub>2</sub> The titanyl species TiO(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub> is an intermediate in this decomposition.
Titanium perchlorate can be formed by reacting titanium tetrachloride with perchloric acid enriched in dichlorine heptoxide. Another way uses titanium tetrachloride with dichlorine hexoxide. This forms a complex with Cl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub> which when warmed to 55 ðC in a vacuum, sublimes and can crystallise the pure anhydrous product from the vapour.
In the salt dicaesium hexaperchloratotitanate, Cs<sub>2</sub>Ti(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>6</sub> the perchlorate groups are monodentate, connected by one oxygen to titanium.
Titanium perchlorate can also form complexes with other ligands bound to the titanium atom including binol, and gluconic acid.
A polymeric oxychlorperchlorato compound of titanium, Ti<sub>6</sub>O<sub>4</sub>Cl<sub>x</sub>(ClO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>16âÂÂx</sub>, is made from excess TiCl<sub>4</sub> and dichlorine hexoxide. This has a varying composition, and ranges from light to dark yellow.