The mystery of VO(OEt)(3) conversion on microhydrolysis disclosed: the X-ray single crystal study of V6O7( OEt)(12)

Abstract

The microhydrolysis of VO(OEt)(3) on interaction with atmospheric moisture in the absence of other solvents than the compound itself leads to crystallization of a greenish black crystalline compound. The latter was identified as V6O7(OEt)(12), (I), a member of the hexavanadate family, with the aid of an X-ray single crystal study (space group R-3, a = b = 17.483(11), c = 11.273(10) Angstrom, alpha = beta = 90, gamma = 120 degrees). The V6O19 core is highly symmetric and situated on the cross section of the crystallographic elements of symmetry. The carbon atoms of each ethoxy group are disordered between two positions arising from two different orientations possible for it. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

Keywords

crystal structures; microhydrolysis; vanadium complexes; alkoxide complexes

Published in

Inorganic Chemistry Communications
2000, volume: 3, number: 5, pages: 203-204
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

SLU Authors

• Kessler, Vadim

  • Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Inorganic Chemistry

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-7003(00)00050-2

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50557