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Crystal structure of heptakis(2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide-κC)vanadium(I) iodide

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: The title salt, [V(C9H9N)7](+)I(-) or [V(CNX-yl)7](+)I(-) (Xyl is 2,6-di-methyl-phen-yl), crystallized from tetra-hydro-furan at low temperatures after reacting (Et4N)(+)[V(CO)6](-), excess of CNXyl and iodine. The complex cation and the two crystallographically different iodide anions, each located on a different glide plane, are well separated in the crystal structure. The V(CN)7 core of the cation has the form of a distorted monocapped trigonal prism. This compound is of inter-est as the first isolable homoleptic seven-coordinate vanadium analog of the 18-electron [V(CO)7](+) monocation.

Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications

DOI: 10.1107/s2056989015006015

Authors: Mikhail E. Minyaev, John E. Ellis

Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, University of Minnesota

Language: English

Topic: Crystal structures of chemical compounds

Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $500

OpenAlex ID: W2330375124