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Linear Chain Formation by an Oxovanadium(V) Complex of p-Methylhexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene
Philip D. Hampton1, Charles E. Daitch, Todd M. Alam
1Department of Chemistry and Center for Micro-Engineered Ceramics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, and Materials Aging and Reliability, Bulk Properties Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185.
Abstract:
The oxovanadium(V) complex 4 can be readily synthesized by the reaction of the lithium salt of p-methylhexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene trianion 3 with VOCl(3). Infrared spectra indicate a terminal V=O for complex 4 in solution and V=O.V dative interactions in the solid state consistent with the formation of a &mgr;-oxo-bridged linear chain polymer 1 (M = V, Y = O, X(3) = trianion of macrocycle 2a). Vanadium-51 NMR spectra indicate increased shielding for the linear chain polymer in the solid state compared to complex 4 in solution. Complex 4 and its linear chain polymer are proposed to have the oxovanadium group contained within the cup of the macrocycle ligand as shown in structures 5 and 7, respectively, where the cone represents macrocycle 2a.
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