Notes. Formation of carbonato and hydroxo complexes of vanadium(IV) on reaction of carbonylbis(η-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)vanadium(II) with dinitrogen oxide
Abstract
The reaction between [V(η-C5Me5)2(CO)] and N2O in toluene at 20 °C gave a mixture of the vanadium(IV) carbonate [V(η-C5Me5)2(CO3)] and a polymer proposed to be [{[{V(η-C5Me5)-(µ-O)}4(OH)2](µ-O)}n]. The reaction is compared with analogous ones of [V(η-C5H5)2(CO)] and [Ti(η-C5R5)2(CO)2](R = H or Me).