The reactions of titanium(III) and (IV) chlorides with the crown thioether [9]aneS
3 were investigated. [TiCl
3- (MeCN)
3] gives a purple 1:1 adduct with a proposed octahedral structure involving tridentate
fac-attachment of the ligand. With [TiCl
4(MeCN)
2] the identity of the yellow 1∶1 adduct obtained is discussed in terms of a six-coordinate species with bidentate ligand chelation.
The title compound was isolated from the reactions of [9]aneS
3 with [TiCl
3(MeCN)
3] [SbCl
6] (by accident) and iron filings/SbCl
5 in MeCN solution and characterised crystallographically. The cation has two macrocyclic ligands coordinated facially to a
six-coordinate Fe
2+ ion; the anion comprises dimeric [(SbCl
4)
2] units linked together into a polymeric chain by weak halogen bridging.