Vanadate , nonachlorodi-, tris

Tris(tetraethylammonium) nonachlorodi vanadate (III) forms red crystals which are very easily hydrolyzed and easily oxidized thus they are most conveniently stored in a manifold such as that illustrated in Fig. 9. The solid is placed in the manifold in a dry-box and then sealed off in vacuo. The glass balls help to prevent the solid caking. When a sample is required it is tapped into one of the sidearms, which is then sealed off. The spectral4,6 and magnetic4,6 properties of the compound are consistent with some vanadium-vanadium interaction within the binuclear anion. 

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