Vanadium complexes electron paramagnetic resonance

Components of fluidized cracking catalysts (FCC), such as an aluminosilicate gel and a rare-earth (RE) exchanged zeolite Y, have been contaminated with vanadyl naphthenate and the V thus deposited passivated with organotin complexes. Luminescence, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and Mossbauer spectroscopy have been used to monitor V-support interactions. Luminescence results have indicated that the naphthenate decomposes during calcination in air with generation of (V 0)+i ions. After steam-aging, V Og and REVO- formation occurred. In the presence of Sn, Tormation Of vanadium-tin oxide species enhance the zeolite stability in the presence of V-contaminants. 

Thus, x-ray powder diffraction, electron paramagnetic resonance, luminescence and Mossbauer data suggest that a complex of Sn, V0+ and oxygen forms that leads to the passivation of vanadium when deposited on the zeolite, and on zeolite/gel mixtures. This complex may be a compound like VpSnO, or similar higher molecular weight species. Evidence of Sn/V all oy formation has not been found from Mossbauer spectroscopy. 

Tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)amido] vanadium(III) crystallizes from benzene as dark-brown, soft needles, extremely sensitive to air and moisture. This complex is paramagnetic 2.4 BM) but does not show electron paramagnetic resonance absorption at temperatures above that of liquid nitrogen. The compound is thermally unstable but gives a mass spectrum containing the parent molecular ion. Infrared spectra and electronic absorption spectra are given in Table II. The crystalline complex has the same trigonal structure as the Fe compound. ... 

Goodman, B. A. and Cheshire, M. V. (1975). The bonding of vanadium in complexes with humic acid An electron paramagnetic resonance study. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 39, 1711-1713. 

Ye S, Neese F, Ozarowski A et al (2010) Family of V(ni)-tristhiolato complexes relevant to functional models of vanadium nitrogenase synthesis and electronic structure investigations by means of high-frequency and -field electron paramagnetic resonance coupled to quantum chemical computations. Inorg Chem 49 977-988... 

The third principal application of the electron spin resonance technique is to the study of paramagnetic transition metal ions in biochemical systems. Most examples are complexes of copper, iron, manganese, chromium, cobalt and molybdenum. Other metals such as titanium, vanadium and nickel are sometimes employed as structural probes. Only four of these ions, Cu ", Mn, Gd " and VO ", are seen in ESR spectroscopy at room temperature under virtually all conditions. Therefore, they are of special importance. 

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