in neat (no solvent) mixt. sealed in a glass tube under vac., heated to 120°C for 60 h; tube cooled, opened under an inert gas atmosphere; solid washed with hexane to remove unreacted TiCl4, sublimed at 60°C (0.03 Torr); elem. anal.;

in tetrahydrofuran ((CH3)2CHC5H4)TiCl2(THF) prepd. in THF by the method of Lucas, C.R. and Green, M.L.H., Inorg. Synth. 16(1976)237; ((CH3)3Si)2S added to the soln.; stirring for 18 h under nitrogen; solvent removed in vac., residue extd. with hot hexane; filtrate concd. to a small volume and cooled to -25° overnight; elem. anal.;