The First Organically Templated Layered Uranium(IV) Fluorides: (H3N(CH2)3NH3)U2F10⋅2 H2O, (H3N(CH2)4NH3)U2F10⋅3 H2O,and (H3N(CH2)6NH3)U2F10⋅2 H2O

A new series of layered organically templated uranium(IV ) fluorides has been exclusively synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. The unprecedented materials contain [U₂F₁₀]²⁻ anionic layers that are separated by charge balancing cationic templates and occluded water molecules (see structure depicted). The templates can be fully ion-exchanged for a variety of metals (Na⁺, K⁺, and Co²⁺) at room temperature.     

Comparison of two polymeric transition metal complexes with 1,4‐benzenedicarboxylate ions as bridging ligands, [Co(C8H4O4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)] and [Cu(C8H4O4)(C10H9N3)]·H2O

The title complexes, catena‐poly[[aqua(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)­cobalt(II)]‐μ‐benzene‐1,4‐di­carboxyl­ato‐κ²O¹:O⁴], [Co(C₈H₄O₄)(C₁₂H₈N₂)(H₂O)], (I), and catena‐poly[[[(di‐2‐pyridyl‐κN‐amine)copper(II)]‐μ‐benzene‐1,4‐di­carboxyl­ato‐κ⁴O¹,O^1′:O⁴,O^4′] hydrate], [Cu(C₈H₄O₄)(C₁₀H₉N₃)]·H₂O, (II), take the form of zigzag chains, with the 1,4‐benzene­di­carboxyl­ate ion acting as an amphimonodentate ligand in (I) and a bis‐bidentate ligand in (II). The Co^II ion in (I) is five‐coordinate and has a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal geometry. The Cu^II ion in (II) is in a very distorted octahedral 4+2 environment, with the octahedron elongated along the trans O—Cu—O bonds and with a trans O—Cu—O angle of only 137.22 (8)°.     

Syntheses, Structures and Characterizations of Two New Vanadium(V) Complexes: [PyH][VⅤO2(C14H9N2O3Br)] and [VⅤO(C14H9N2O3Br)(OCH3)]

The new oxovanadium (Ⅴ) complex, [PyH][VO2(L)] 1 (salicyladehyde 5-bromo salicyloylhydrazone is abbreviated as H2L; Hpy is protonated pyridine) was obtained from a refluxed solution of VOSO4 and H2L in acetonitrile-methanol-pyridine. Similarly, another new complex, [VO(L)(OCH3)] 2 was synthesized by refluxing VOSO4 and H2L in methanol-pyridine. Crystal data for 1: C19H15N3O5BrV, Mr = 496.2, monoclinic, P21/n, a = 7.1885(3), b = 9.2718(3), c = 28.803(1) (A), ( = 96.185(1)(, Z = 4 and V = 1908.6(1) (A)3; for 2: C15H12N2O5BrV, Mr = 431.1, monoclinic, P21/n, a = 12.202(2), b = 8.045(2), c = 16.604(3)(A), ( = 101.29(3)(, Z = 4 and V = 1598.4(2)(A)3. The structures of 1 and 2 have been determined by X-ray analyses and reveal that the coordination environments of V atoms in both complexes are of square-based pyramid. Three of the four based donor atoms are from the tridentate "ONO" donor ligand while the fourth is one terminal oxygen atom with the V(1)–O(3) distance 1.646(4) (A) for 1 and one -OCH3 group with the V(1)-O(3) distance 1.753(3)(A) for 2. The V(1)-O(4) terminals occupy the axial sites in both cases. The complexes are also characterized by IR and 1H NMR spectroscopies.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [VO2（C17H11N3O2） ] [VO （C4H13N3）（C6H5N3O） ]（C2H5OH）

The reaction of VO（acac）2 with 2-hydroxyl-1-naphthaldehyde isonicotinyl hydrazone and amines （ethylenediamine or diethylenetriamine） in CH3OH yields crystals of novel vanadium compounds characterized by IR, NMR spectroscopic methods and X-ray single-crystal structure determination. Two different vanadium units exist in the crystal cell of [VO2（C17H11N3O2）][VO- （C4H13N3）（C6H5N3O）]（C2H5OH） which crystallizes in the triclinic system, space group P1 with a = 8.0104（17）, b = 13.898（3）, c = 14.955（3）A, α = 89.103（4）, β = 79.551（4）, γ = 78.352（4）°, V = 1603.3（6）A^3, Mr = 723.54, Dc = 1.499 g/cm^3, Z = 2, λ（MoKα） = 0.71073 ]A,μ= 0.644 mm^-1, F（000） = 748, the final R = 0.0547 and wR = 0.0997 for 8920 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（I）. According to structure analysis, two different molecules are arranged in the lattice and the two vanadium atoms adopt octahedral and square pyramidal coordination geometries, respectively. The interactions between DNA and vanadium complexes have been investigated by UV-Vis absorption spectro- photometry.     

Two scandium–biuret complexes: [Sc(C2H5N3O2)(H2O)5]Cl3·H2O and [Sc(C2H5N3O2)4](NO3)3

The scandium(III) cations in the structures of pentaaqua(biuret‐κ²O,O′)scandium(III) trichloride monohydrate, [Sc(C₂H₅N₃O₂)(H₂O)₅]Cl₃·H₂O, (I), and tetrakis(biuret‐κ²O,O′)scandium(III) trinitrate, [Sc(C₂H₅N₃O₂)₄](NO₃)₃, (II), are found to adopt very different coordinations with the same biuret ligand. The roles of hydrogen bonding and the counter‐ion in the establishment of the structures are described. In (I), the Sc³⁺ cation adopts a fairly regular pentagonal bipyramidal coordination geometry arising from one O,O′‐bidentate biuret molecule and five water molecules. A dense network of N—H...Cl, O—H...O and O—H...Cl hydrogen bonds help to establish the packing, resulting in dimeric associations of two cations and two water molecules. In (II), the Sc³⁺ cation (site symmetry 2) adopts a slightly squashed square‐antiprismatic geometry arising from four O,O′‐bidentate biuret molecules. A network of N—H...O hydrogen bonds help to establish the packing, which features [010] chains of cations. One of the nitrate ions is disordered about an inversion centre. Both structures form three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bond networks.