An open chain trinuclear titanium(IV) isopropoxide species formed with thetridentate ligand cis,cis-cyclohexane-1,3,5-trialkoxide [C6H9O3](3-). Crystal structure of [{Ti(OPri)(3)}(2){mu-Ti(C6H9O3-O-1,O-5)(2)}]

Reaction of titanium(IV) tetraisopropoxide with cis,cis-cyclohexane-1,3,5-t riol [C6H9(OH)(3), H3L] affords the novel trinuclear titanium(IV) alkoxide species [{Ti(OPri)(3)}(2){mu-Ti(C6H9O3-O-1,O-5)(2)}] {L = [C6H9O3](3-)} whi ch possesses a unique open-chain V-shaped arrangement of three titanium ato ms, with the central 6-co-ordinate Ti atom bonded to two tridentate L group s, and with each of the two terminal Ti atoms 5-co-ordinate, forming bonds to three non-bridging isopropoxide groups, and to two bridging oxygen atoms , one from each of the two ligands L.