The first example of a seven-coordinate vanadium(III) thiolate complex containing the hydrazine molecule, an intermediate of nitrogen fixation

Hua-Fen Hsu; Wei-Cheng Chu; Chen-Hsiung Hung; Ju-Hsiou Liao

doi:10.1021/ic034992w

The first example of a seven-coordinate vanadium(III) thiolate complex containing the hydrazine molecule, an intermediate of nitrogen fixation

Inorg Chem. 2003 Nov 17;42(23):7369-71. doi: 10.1021/ic034992w.

Authors

Hua-Fen Hsu¹, Wei-Cheng Chu, Chen-Hsiung Hung, Ju-Hsiou Liao

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China.

PMID: 14606828
DOI: 10.1021/ic034992w

Abstract

The first example of a seven-coordinate vanadium(III) thiolate complex, [V(PS3' ')(N(2)H(4))(3)] (1), where PS3' ' = [P(C(6)H(3)-3-Me(3)Si-2-S)(3)](3)(-), has been synthesized and characterized. Compound 1 contains a tetradentate ligand (PS3' ') and three hydrazine molecules, forming a capped octahedral geometry. A five-coordinate vanadium(III) complex, [V(PS3)(1-Me-Im)] (2), where PS3 = [P(C(6)H(4)-2-S)(3)](3)(-) and 1-Me-Im = 1-methyl-imidazole, was also obtained. Compound 2 adopts a trigonal bipyramidal geometry, in which the vanadium is ligated by the title ligand, PS3, and one 1-Me-Im molecule.