Synthesis of Ti(OH)OF ⋅ 0.66 H O in Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquids.

The influence of the cation of imidazolium-derived ionic liquids (ILs) on a low-temperature solution-based synthesis of hexagonal tungsten bronze (HTB) type Ti(OH)OF ⋅ 0.66 H O and bronze-type TiO (B) is investigated. The IL (C mim BF ) acts as solvent and also as reaction partner with respect to the decomposition of [BF ] , releasing F .