Synthesis, structure, luminescence properties, quantum chemistry and cytotoxic effects of two vanadium(IV) complexes with polypyrazolylborates, HB(pz)3VO(acac) and HB(3,5-Me2pz)3VO(acac)·CH3CN (pz = pyrazole)

The reaction of VO(acac)₂ (acac = acetylacetonate) with NaHB(pz)₃ (pz = pyrazole) or NaHB(3,5-Me₂pz)₃ in methanol gave vanadium(IV) complexes HB(pz)₃VO(acac) (1) or HB(3,5-Me₂pz)₃VO(acac)·CH₃CN (2), respectively. The complexes 1 and 2 were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV-vis, NMR and X-ray diffraction crystallography methods. Complex 1 crystallizes in space group P2₁/c, a = 7.641(2) Å, b = 17.008(4) Å, c = 13.362(2) Å; β = 92.092(17)°, V = 1735.5(7) ų, Z = 4. Complex 2 crystallizes in space group P2₁/c, a = 17.410(13) Å, b = 8.076(16) Å, c = 19.300(13) Å; β = 101.75(5)°, V = 2657(6) ų, Z = 4. X-ray structure analyses have shown that the complexes 1 and 2 are monomeric with a similar coordination environment of the vanadium atom. Luminescence properties and cytotoxic effects of the complexes are discussed. On CBRH-7919 cells, the complexes 1 and 2 caused a slight stimulation of growth at low doses (1–10 μM) and a significant cytotoxic effect at higher doses (100–1000 μM). The electronic structure and the bonding characters of the two complexes were analyzed with ab initio calculations. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2006 by Y. H. Xing, Z. Sun, W. Zou, J. Song, K. Aoki, and M. F. Ge __________ Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 924–932, September–October, 2006.