Ammonium citratoperoxotitanate(IV), (NH
4)
8[Ti
4(C
6H
4O
7)
4(O
2)
4]·8H
2O, was isolated in the solid form. Its crystalstructure was solved and refined using single-crystal X-ray data. The compound crystallizes in a monoclinic cellwith
a = 10.237(2) Å,
b = 17.537(4) Å,
c = 14.713(3) Å,
![](/images/gifchars/beta2.gif)
= 100.35(1)
![](/images/entities/deg.gif)
(
Z = 2, fw = 1360.40,
calc = 1.74g/cm
3) and space group
P2
1/
n (No. 14). The determined structure of the titanium complex agrees well with theRaman and NMR spectroscopic data. We speculate that tight coordination of titanium in the complex moleculeis responsible for the high stability of this compound against hydrolysis.