Vanadium(Ⅳ)dimer complexes containing [V(o-C_6H_4OS)_3]~(2-)fragment and caged sodium ions

Triso-mercaptophenolato]vanadium(IV)dimer complexes(A)_2V(mp)_3NaLL']_2(A=Ph_4P~+,H_2mp=o-mercaptophenol,L=MeCN,L'=EtOH,(1);L'=MeOH,(2))were prepared bythe reaction of anhydrous VCl_3 and Na_2mp in the molar ratio 1:3.Complex(3)(A=Et,N~+,L=L'=MeOH)was prepared by the reaction of VCl_3,Na_2mp and Li_2S in the molar ratio 1:2:1.The com-plexes were characterized by X-ray diffraction crystallography,infrared spectra,magnetic suseepti-bility,and cyclic voltammetric measurements.Complex 2 crystallizes in the triclinic space groupP1 with a=12.813(6),b=14.199(4),c=12.790(5),α=112.72(2),β=104.24(4).γ=88.68(4)°,V=2073.6,and Z=1.The structure was refined to R=0.058.Complex 3 crystallizes in the mono-clinic space group P2_1/n with a=12.359(3),b=17.452(6),c=14.829(13),β=96.51(5)°,V=3177.8,and Z=2.The final R factor is 0.067.Both of the anions of 2 and 3 contain twoV(rap)3]~(2-) fragmentslinked by sodium ions through the μ_3-O bridges with a crystallographic center of symmetry.The V(IV)atom is in a coordination environment intermediate between a trigonal prism and an ideal octahedron.