Abstract
AbstractThe synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of a series of three oxidovanadium(V) complexes with 8‐hydroxyquinoline and Schiff‐base ligands derived from salicylaldehyde and ω‐hydroxy‐functionalized carbohydrazides with different chain lengths are reported. The complex with the hydrazone ligand containing the shortest chain length was crystallographically characterized. This complex crystallizes in the triclinic space group P$\bar {1}$ with two structurally similar but crystallographically independent oxidovanadium(V) complexes. Each vanadium atom is six‐coordinate in a distorted‐octahedral geometry. The two molecules are assembled through hydrogen‐bonding interactions between the hydroxyl groups of the side‐chain substituted Schiff‐base ligand and the oxido group of one of the two complexes. Electrochemical measurements performed in acetonitrile solution reveal two reversible one‐electron reduction steps. The observed pre‐wave feature of the second reduction step indicates the presence of dissociation equilibria related to the 8‐hydroxyquinoline coligand. Magic‐angle spinning solid‐state 51V NMR spectroscopy allowed to characterize the full series of complexes with alkyl and hydroxy alkyl‐substituted hydrazone ligands that were used. The quadrupolar coupling constants are small with a value of about 4 MHz and show little variation within the series. The asymmetry of the chemical shift tensor indicates a rather axial symmetric environment around the vanadium(V) center. The isotropic chemical shifts observed in the solid state occur at about 30 ppm, which is in the same order of magnitude as the solvent induced variations, about 10 ppm, found for different solvents.(© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008)
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