Layered polymorph of titanium triiodide

A previously unreported layered spin ½ triangular lattice polymorph of TiI 3 is described, synthesized under 6 GPa of applied pressure at 900  C, but stable at atmospheric pressure. This air-sensitive material has a CdI 2 -type layered structure ( P -3 m 1 (#164), a = 4.012 Å and c = 6.641 Å at 120 K, Z = 1 of Ti 0.667 I 2 ) with an in-plane triangular lattice, related to that of TiI 4 (Ti 0.5 I 2 ). Although the TiI 3 formula is consistent with expectations for a layered honeycomb lattice of spin ½ Ti(III), there is disorder in the crystal structure. Magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements suggest that the material undergoes several low temperature phase transitions.

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