The Crystal and Molecular Structure of Acetatochlorobis(4-methylpyridine) oxovanadium (IV)

The crystal and molecular structure of the title compound, VOCl(O₂CCH₃)(4-CH₃C₅H₄N)₂, has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The material crystallizes in the space group P1(#2) with a = 7.822(2), b = 8.023(1), c = 14.841(2) Å, α = 99.73(1)°, β = 91.41(1)°, and γ = 117.13(1)°. The coordination geometry around the vanadium is a highly distorted octahedron. The molecule is remarkable for being a monomeric oxovanadium(IV) carboxylate. A generalized synthetic strategy is proposed for the preparation of oxovanadium(IV) monomers.