Abstract The coordination chemistry of tetradentate Salophan ligands with titanium and zirconium alkoxides is described for the first time. Three new Salophan ligand precursors featuring different phenolate substituents (ortho-Me, ortho, para-di-Cl, ortho, para-di-tBu) were synthesized in addition to the known prototypical Salophan precursor, by a sequence of condensation and reduction. All ligand precursors were reacted with the metal ...