PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND REACTIONS OF VANADIUM(IV) beta -DIKETONATE COMPLEXES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-5088(87)90216-5

The beta -diketone complexes of vanadium(IV), VO(dik)//2 (where dik EQUVLNT btfac, tfac, ttfac, acac, bzac and bzbz) have been prepared either by the reaction of vanadium pentoxide with the appropriate ligand in toluene under reflux for 24 h or by the reaction of a warm aqueous or ethanolic solution of vanadium sulphate with the ligand. The oxovanadium(IV) complexes react with sulphur oxide dichloride and dibromide and phosphorus pentachloride to form dihalovanadium(IV) diketonate complexes. These compounds have been characterized by elemental analysis, melting point measurements, IR and Raman spectra, magnetic susceptibility measurements, electron spin resonance (ESR) and mass spectral studies and X-ray powder diffraction.