A mononuclear vanadium(IV), a mononuclear vanadium(V),and a binuclear mixed valence vanadium(IV/V)com
plex with the ligand
N-(2-hydroxyethyl)iminodiaceticacid (H
3hida) have been structurallycharacterized.Crystal data for[VO(Hhida)(H
2O)]·CH
3OH(
1): orthorhombic;
P2
12
12
1;
a= 6.940(2),
b = 9.745(3),
c= 18.539(4) Å;
Z = 4. Crystal data forNa[V(O)
2(Hhida)
2]·4H
2O(
2): monoclinic;
P2
1/
c;
a = 6.333(2),
b =18.796(2),
c = 11.5040(10) Å;
= 102.53(2)
;
Z = 4. Crystal data for(NH
4)[V
2(O)
2(
-O)(Hhida)
2]·H
2O(
3): monoclinic;
C2/
c;
a = 18.880(2),
b= 7.395(2),
c = 16.010(2) Å;
=106.33(2)
;
Z = 4. The mononuclearvanadium(IV)and vanadium(V) com
plexes are formed from the mono
protonatedHhida
2- ligand, and their structural andmagneticcharacteristics are as ex
pected for six-coordinate vanadium com
plexes.An interesting structural feature in thesecom
plexes is the fact that the two carboxylate moieties are coordinatedtrans to one another, whereas the carboxylatemoieties are coordinated in a cis fashion in
previously characterizedcom
plexes. The aqueous solution
pro
pertiesof the vanadium(IV) and -(V) com
plexes are consistent with theirstructures. The vanadium(V) com
plex was
previously characterized; in the current study structuralcharacterization in the solid state is
provided.X-raycrystallogra
phy and magnetic methods show that the mixed valencecom
plex contains two indistinguishablevanadium atoms; the thermal elli
psoid of the bridging oxygen atomsuggests a ty
pe III com
plex in the solid state.Magnetic methods show that the mixed valence com
plex contains afree electron. Characterization of aqueoussolutions of the mixed valence com
plex by UV/vis and EPR s
pectrosco
piessuggests that the com
plex may bedescribed as a ty
pe II com
plex. TheHhida
2- com
plexes have some similarities, butalso some significantdifferences, with com
plexes of related ligands, such asnitrilotriacetate (nta),
N-(2-
pyridylmethyl)iminodiacetate(
pmida), and
N-(
S)-[1-(2-
pyridyl)ethyl]iminodiacetate(s-
peida). Perha
ps most im
portantly, the mixedvalenceHhida
2- com
plex is significantly less stablethan the corres
ponding
pmida and s-
peida com
plexes of similaroverallcharge but very similar in stability to the nta andV
2O
33+ com
plexes with highercharges. Thus, there is the
potential for designing stable mixed valence dimers.