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Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Potassium Chloride and Potassium Amidinate Complexes of Vanadium(II) Chloride

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Reactions of the bulky amidinate salt, [K(Piso)] with [VCl3(THF)3] or [VCl2(tmeda)2] (tmeda = N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine) afforded the vanadium(II) chloride complexes, [[[{(DME)V}2(μ-Cl)](μ-Cl)2(μ3-Cl)2{K(DME)}]2] 1 (DME = 1,2-dimethoxyethane) and [(tmeda)2V(μ-Cl)2{K(Piso)}2] (Piso = [(DipN)2CBut]−, Dip = C6H3Pr i2 -2,6) 2, respectively. The crystal structures of both complexes have been determined. The cell parameters of the compounds are 1: Pccn, a = 16.400(3), b = 27.559(6), c = 10.695(2) Å; and 2·(toluene)2: Pbca, a = 22.310(5), b = 16.560(3), c = 22.650(3) Å. The crystal structure of 1 shows it to be an unusual potassium chloride-bridged tetra-vanadium(II) chloride cluster compound, while 2 can be viewed as an intermediate on the reaction pathway to the hypothetical compound, [V(Piso)2].

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The crystal structures of two novel vanadium(II) chloride complexes, [[[{(DME)V}2(μ-Cl)](μ-Cl)2(μ3-Cl)2{K(DME)}]2] (Piso = [(DipN)2CBut]−, Dip = C6H3Pr i2 -2,6, DME = 1,2-dimethoxyethane) and [(tmeda)2V(μ-Cl)2{K(Piso)}2] (tmeda = N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine), are reported.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Australian Research Council. The EPSRC Mass Spectrometry Centre, Swansea, UK, is also acknowledged. Part of this research was undertaken on the MX1 beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, Victoria, Australia.

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Fohlmeister, L., Jones, C. Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Potassium Chloride and Potassium Amidinate Complexes of Vanadium(II) Chloride. J Chem Crystallogr 44, 301–305 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-014-0514-6

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