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Sofya Artemkina1, Ruslan Galiev1, Pavel Poltarak1
1Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.
Abstract:
The first vanadium selenoiodide V4O(Se2)4I6·I2 was synthesized at a moderate temperature of 220 °C from V, Se, I2, and water. Its crystal structure (tetragonal space group P42/nbc, a = 11.838(1) Å, c = 18.689(1) Å) contains O-centered vanadium(IV) tetranuclear fragment [V4(μ4-O)(μ2-Se2)4(μ2-I)2I4], where the edges of the distorted tetrahedron V4 are bridged by four diselenide (Se2)2- and two iodide ligands; four terminal iodides coordinate V atoms additionally. This type of complex is known for Ti, Nb, and Ta but is new for vanadium. Magnetic susceptibility measurements of V4O(Se2)4I6·I2 showed four unpaired electrons on vanadium atoms at room temperature and drop of the effective magnetic moment at cool down, presumably due to partial electron pairing. Probability of this transition to the diamagnetic state is in accord with the calculated electronic structure.
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