Trinuclear structures, vanadium

These findings prompted us to reconsider the results of EPR spectra and to make more profound analysis of kinetic data for N2 reduction by catecholate vanadiu-m(II) complexes. The conclusion was that a tetra-vanadium structure for the complexes is in a better agreement with the EPR spectra than a trinuclear structure kinetic results also confirmed the tetranuclear structure of the complex [19], We therefore regard the tetranuclear structure as confirmed for unsubstituted and substituted catecholate complexes, at least for those so far investigated. 

Trinuclear zinc carboxylate structures of the form MZn2(MeCH=CHC02)6(quinoline)2 have been structurally characterized with M = Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Cd, Mg, Ca, Sr. Structural variation is observed for the group 2 metals. The remaining complexes all show linear trimers with the central metal atom octahedrally coordinated and linked to each zinc by two bidentate and one mono-dentate carboxylate.377 A basic benzoate octanuclear structure with four vanadium(III) and four zinc atoms has been characterized, [VZnO(benzoate)3(TF[F)]4-2TnF.378... 

Last but not least, mention should be made of the use of redox active organometallic clusters for the formation of CT complex. An early example was reported by Eisenberg, Miller and co-workers who exploited the trinuclear niobium cluster [Nb3(/i-Cl)6(>7 -C6Me6)3] and prepared the [TCNQ] salt, upon oxidation to the dicationic form. This material was found to be paramagnetic and to display a relatively modest conductivity (urt = 0.001 Scm , semiconductor) [75]. Finally, the pentanuclear trigonal bipyramidal vanadium cluster [(MeCp)5V5(/r -S)6] was shown to undergo CT complex formation with TCNQ affording [(MeCp)5V5(/i -S)6] [(TCNQ)2] [76]. This material, which was structurally characterized, is an n-type semiconductor with a band gap of 0.25 eV. 

A cyanohydridoborato vanadium(II) complex, tra s-[V(NCBH3)2(thf)4], has been synthesized and structurally characterized (212).858 Additional oligomeric complexes have been prepared complexes that have been characterized include trinuclear vanadium complexes,859-862 dinuclear V-Fe complexes,863 and the first tetranuclear V11 species [V4(/x3-Cl)2(M-Cl)2(M-CF3C02)2(thf)6].864 The addition of tris(pyrazolyl)borate ligand to the tetranuclear species results in the dissociation of the complex to form a neutral dimeric species [V(tpb)-(/x-Cl)(/x-CF3CO2)2V(th03] (213) in which one of the vanadium centers is facially coordinated by tpb.864... 

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