Soumita Basu Mallick, Suman Dolai, Priyanka Ghar, Narendra Singh Choudhary, Narayan C. Pradhan, Sanjib K. Patra
The unexpected formation of a bifluorene-bridged phenoxy-imine (FI) Ti(IV) complex, generated from a fluorene-functionalized phenoxy-imine ligand via in situ C–C bond formation, was established through comprehensive characterization including single-crystal X-ray analysis. The bifluorene-bridged Ti(IV) complex exhibited a selective trans -dichloride geometry, in contrast to the commonly observed cis -arrangement, offering expansion to the structural landscape of Ti(IV) FI type of olefin polymerization catalysts.