Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of an asymmetric dinuclear oxocitratovanadate(IV) complex

Suzana Burojevic, Itzhak Shweky, Avi Bino*, David A. Summers, Robert C. Thompson

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Abstract

Evaporation of an aqueous solution containing VO2+, citric acid and neocuproine (2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline = neo) produces blue crystals of (Hneo)3[(VO)2(cit)(Hcit)]·4H2O (1). An X-ray structural analysis showed that 1 consists of a discrete, asymmetric, dinuclear oxocitratovanadate(IV) complex and three neocuproinium cations. The complex contains one six-coordinate V(IV) atom with a distorted octahedral geometry and one five-coordinate V(IV) atom with a distorted square pyramidal geometry. The two metal atoms are bridged by two alkoxide oxygen atoms of one cit4- group and one Hcit3- group which has one protonated, non-coordinating carboxylic group. The V⋯V distance was found to be 2.949(1) Å. Compound 1 is orthorhombic, space group Pca21, with a = 22.223(3), b = 10.499(1), c = 22.818(2) Å, V = 5324(1) Å3 and Z = 4. Magnetic susceptibility measurements of a powdered sample of 1 over the range 2-300 K showed a very strong antiferromagnetic coupling between the two d1 systems with -J value of 212 cm-1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)75-79
Number of pages5
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume251
Issue number1-2 PART II
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 1996

Keywords

  • Asymmetric complexes
  • Citrate complexes
  • Crystal structures
  • Dinuclear complexes
  • Vanadyl complexes

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