David Collison, Frank E. Mabbs, Scott S. Turner, Anne K. Powell, Eric J. L. McInnes and Lesley J. Yellowlees
The complex
[(Hdmpz){HB(dmpz)3}VO(µ-η5-C
5H4CO2)Fe(η5-C5
H5)] 1
(Hdmpz = 3,5-dimethylpyrazole) has been synthesized and
its spectroscopic properties and crystal structure determined. It
crystallizes in the triclinic space group P, with
a = 10.563(2),
b = 12.460(4),
c = 13.028(5) Å,
α = 95.16(3), β = 98.93(2),
γ = 99.59(2)° and Z = 2.
The vanadium(IV) ion is in a distorted-octahedral environment
with nitrogen atoms of the borate ligand occupying three facial sites
and the other sites by an oxo group, an oxygen atom from the
ferrocenecarboxylate, and a nitrogen atom from a neutral Hdmpz. The
cyclic voltammogram in CH2Cl2 showed two
oxidations at +0.70 and +1.41 V vs. Ag–AgCl, which are
completely reversible at -30 °C. The first corresponds
to oxidation of the ferrocenecarboxylate moeity, giving
1+. The reversibility of
1 → 1+ has also been
demonstrated by electronic absorption and EPR resonance spectroscopies.
Complex 1 is EPR active giving spectra as expected from an
isolated vanadium(IV) centre, whilst 1+
is EPR silent.