The synthesis and characterization of nine trinuclear, mixed metalcomplexes of the type[LV{
-(PhO)
2PO
2}
3]
2M,where the vanadium is in the 3+ oxidation state, L =hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate, and M = Ba(II)(
1), Ca(II) (
2),Mg(II) (
3), Mn(II) (
4), Co(II)(
5), Ni(II) (
6), Fe(II) (
7),2 Na(I) (
8), Al(III) (
9), andLa(III) (
10), are described.X-ray crystal structural analysis of
1,
3,and
4 gave the following parameters:
1,C
92H
84B
2N
12O
24P
6Cl
4BaV
2,
C2/
c,
a = 26.730(5) Å,
b = 15.521(3) Å,
c = 27.648(6) Å,
= 100.53(3)
,
Z = 4;
3,C
94H
80B
2N
14O
24P
6MgV
2,
P,
a = 13.410(3) Å,
b= 14.179(3) Å,
c = 15.694(3) Å,
=112.22(3)
,
= 101.31(3)
,
=106.15(3)
,
Z =1;
4,C
111H
80B
2N
12O
28P
6MnV
2,
Rc,
a = 18.670(3) Å,
b = 18.671(3) Å,
c = 61.114(12)Å,
Z = 6. Magneticmeasurements indicate that compounds containing an integral spincentral ion display moderate antiferromagneticcoupling while those with half-integral spins give more complexbehavior.