Organotitanium complexes and method of making same

Claim 1

METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPLEX OF TITANIUM, STABLE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION UP TO A PH OF 9.0, WHICH COMPRISES REACTING AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL LACTATE SAID ALKALINE EARTH METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSITING OF CALCIUM, STRONTIUM AND BARIUM, WITH AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF TITANYL-SULFATE HAVING A H2SO4:TIO2 RATIO OF 1.1:1 TO 1.3:1, TO FORM A MIXTURE COMPRISING TITANIUM LACTATE HAVING A MOLE RATIO OF LACTATE:TITANIUM FROM 1:1 TO 2:1, AND THE CORRESPONDING ALKALINE EARTH METAL SULFATE, ADDING TO SAID MIXTURE AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF OXIDE, HYDROXIDE AND CARBONATE, SAID ALKALINE EARTH METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CALCIUM, STRONTIUM AND BARIUM, IN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO REACT WITH THE UNREACTED SULFATE VALUES, AND REMOVING THE TITANIUM LACTATE FORMED FROM THE INSOLUBLE ALKALINE EARTH METAL SULFATE, THE PROCESS BEING CARRIED OUT AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 25*C. AND 55*C.