As a quasi-one-dimensional spin frustrated material, Ca
3Co
2O
6has a series of interesting physical properties due to its unique structure, such as low temperature spin freezing, multiple magnetized steps. The magnetic properties of Ca
3Co
2O
6mainly come from Co ions, and the doping of different elements at the Co site has a great effect on the magnetic structure of Ca
3Co
2O
6. At present, the magnetic research of Ca
3Co
2O
6and the related compounds is mainly on exploring the influence of other elements replacement at Co sites. For example, non-magnetic Sc
3+can dilute the intrachain ferromagnetic exchange, while magnetic ions Mn
4+, Fe
3+or Cr
3+doping can inhibit the intrachain ferromagnetic interaction and enhance the antiferromagnetic interchain interaction. As a high-valence non-magnetic ion, Ti
4+doping not only dilutes the magnetic interaction of Ca
3Co
2O
6, but also changes the valence state of cobalt ions. I.e., it can change part of Co
3+to Co
2+. Therefore, comparing with other doped ions, its introduction may have a more significant effect on the magnetoelectric properties of Ca
3Co
2O
6. In this study, a series of Ca
3Co
2-xTi
xO
6(
x= 0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06) polycrystalline samples were prepared by sol-gel method. Their magnetic, dielectric and magnetodielectric properties were measured. The XRD patterns show that a small amount of Ti
4+does not change the crystal structure of Ca
3Co
2O
6. Due to the destruction of non-magnetic Ti
4+ions to the long-range ferromagnetic correlation of Ca
3Co
2O
6, the ferromagnetic interaction is inhibited at some extend. However, due to Ti
4+ions are non-magnetic ions, it cannot form antiferromagnetic coupling with Co ions. It only results in the decrease of the Curie-Weiss temperature(
θ). The positive
θvalue and exchange constant still indicate that the ferromagnetic interaction is dominant in Ti
4+doped Ca
3Co
2-xTi
xO
6(
x= 0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06) samples. The substitution of non-magnetic ions Ti
4+for Co
3+ions also makes the effective magnetic moment of Ca
3Co
2-xTi
xO
6(
x= 0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06) monotonically decrease from
μeff= 5.42μ
Bfor
x= 0 to
μeff= 5.18μ
Bfor
x= 0.06. Accompanying the introduction of Ti
4+ion, the spin frustration of Ca
3Co
2O
6is released partly. The magnetization steps of Ca
3Co
2O
6thus fade gradually. As the Ca
3Co
2O
6is a typical magnetodielectric material, the released spin frustration in Ti
4+doped samples and the variation of the subtle magnetic structure present a large influence on the magnetodielectric coupling effect of Ca
3Co
2-xTi
xO
6(
x= 0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06) compounds.