Crystal structure and catalytic properties of a vanadium complex cis-[VO2(Him-py)(im-py)]2·3H2O

Abstract

The coordination behavior of Him-py (2-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridine) toward vanadium has been explored. The six-coordinate complex, cis-[VO2(Him-py)(im-py)]2·3H2O (1), was synthesized by the coordination reaction of NH4VO3 and Him-py in the aqueous methanol solution, which was characterized by single-crystal X-ray technology. It belongs to the monoclinic space group P21/n with a = 8.0756(6), b = 19.3531(15), c = 11.4433(8), β = 106.905(2), V = 1711.2(2), and Z = 2. The crystal structure shows that the six-coordinate vanadium is bonded to two cis-oxido ligands and two bidentate ligands, Him-py and im-py. Interestingly, when crystals of 1 were immersed in H2O2, a peroxovanadium compound, (H2im-py)[OV(O2)2(Him-py)] (2), was obtained, which crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Fdd2 with a = 22.600(2), b = 22.7259(13), c = 18.0146(11), V = 9252.4(12), and Z = 16, and consists of a seven-coordinate peroxovanadate(V) ion, one Him-py and one H2im-py ligand. Moreover, we also studied the catalytic activity of 1 in the oxidative bromination of phenol/aniline-like compounds towards mimicking bromoperoxidase reactivity.