Titanium tetrachloride reacts with 2, 6-bis [(1-phenylimino) ethyl] pyridine, 1, and 2, 6-bis [1- (2, 6-diisopropylphenylimino) ethyl] pyridine, 2, giving the adducts of general formulae [Ti (1) Cl3] Cl, 3, and [Ti (2) Cl3] Cl, 6, the latter through the intermediacy of the covalently bonded [Ti (2) Cl4], 4. Heating 6 leads to reduction to the titanium (III) derivative [Ti (2) Cl3], 12, the latter characterized by X-ray diffraction methods. The reaction of [Ti (1) Cl3] Cl with a ...