Synthesis, Bonding, and Reactivity of Vanadium(IV) Oxido-Fluorido Compounds with Neutral Chelate Ligands of the General Formula cis-[VIV(=O)(F)(LN-N)2]+

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Reaction of the oxidovanadium(IV)-L_N-N species (L_N-N is bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine or bipy-like molecules) with either BF₄^- or HF and/or KF results in the formation of compounds of the general formula cis-[V^IV(=O)(F)(L_N-N)₂]⁺. Structural and spectroscopic (electron paramagnetic resonance) characterization shows that these compounds are in the tetravalent oxidation state containing a terminal fluorido ligand. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the V^IV-F bond is mainly electrostatic, which is reinforced by reactivity studies that demonstrate the nucleophilicity of the fluoride ligand in a halogen exchange reaction and in fluorination of various organic substrates.

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Synthesis, Bonding, and Reactivity of Vanadium(IV) Oxido−Fluorido
Compounds with Neutral Chelate Ligands of the General Formula cis-
[VIV(O)(F)(LN−N)2]+
Stamatis S. Passadis,† Constantinos Tsiafoulis,‡ Chryssoula Drouza,§ Athanassios C. Tsipis,*,†
Haralampos N. Miras,*,⊥ Anastasios D. Keramidas,*,∥ and Themistoklis A. Kabanos*,†
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†Section of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, and NMR Center, University of Ioannina, Ioannina
45110, Greece
§Department of Agricultural Production, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, 3036 Limasol, Cyprus
⊥West CHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
∥Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
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* Supporting Information
chemistry of vanadium(IV) oxido−fluorido compounds. In this
ABSTRACT: Reaction of the oxidovanadium(IV)−LN−N
species (LN−N is bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine or bipy-like
report, we describe the synthesis and physicochemical character-
ization of the first series of discrete oxido−fluorido cationic
complexes of the general formula cis-[VIV(O)(F)(LN−N)2]A.
Moreover, we demonstrate the potential of this family of
compounds as efficient as fluorinating agents.
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molecules) with either BF4 or HF and/or KF results in
the formation of compounds of the general formula cis-
[VIV(O)(F)(LN−N)2]+. Structural and spectroscopic
(electron paramagnetic resonance) characterization
shows that these compounds are in the tetravalent
oxidation state containing a terminal fluorido ligand.
Density functional theory calculations reveal that the VIV−
F bond is mainly electrostatic, which is reinforced by
reactivity studies that demonstrate the nucleophilicity of
the fluoride ligand in a halogen exchange reaction and in
fluorination of various organic substrates.
The treatment of 1 equiv of VIVOSO4·5H2O with 2 equiv of
2,2′-bipyridine (bipy) in either aqueous HBF4 or HF and/or KF
(1 equiv) at room temperature in the presence of the appropriate
counterion in the cases of HF/KF resulted in formation of the
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compound cis-[VIV(O)(F)(bipy)2]A (1A; A = BF4 , ClO4 ,
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SbF6 ) (see Scheme 1 and the Supporting Information, SI). If
Scheme 1. Synthesis of the Compound cis-[VIV(
O)(F)(bipy)2]BF4
oordination chemistry with neutral ligands in both the d
Cand p blocks is dominated by complexes of chlorides,
bromides, and iodides.1 In marked contrast, their fluoride
analogues were neglected for many years. Very recently, a few
research groups reported fluorides of the s, p, d, and f blocks with
various coligands.2 Some of the reasons that render the study of
coordination complexes of inorganic fluorides or oxido fluorides
important and intrinsically interesting include the following: (i)
The very different properties of the metal center imposed by the
fluorido ligands, which are a reflection of the strong M−F
bonding, can lead to some complexes that exhibit significantly
different catalytic behavior.3 (ii) Some fluorido complexes are
potent and specific fluorinating agents.4 (iii) Transition-metal
oxido−fluorido materials have very important optical, magnetic,
catalytic, etc., properties.5
A literature survey revealed that there are only a few examples
of mononuclear vanadium(III) fluorido6 and vanadium(IV)
oxido−fluorido7 [OFVIV] and vanadium(V)8 complexes that
have been structurally characterized. The mononuclear OFVIV
compounds have the general formula [VIV(O)-
(F)x(H2O)yLz]−/0 (x = 1/2/4, y = 0/1/2, and z = 0/1; L =
bidentate chelate ligand).7 Taking all of these observations into
account and drawing inspiration from an excellent review article
of Reid and co-workers,9 we sought to further extend the
4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (4,4′-dmbipy), 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-
2,2′-bipyridine (4,4′-dtbipy), and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen)
were used instead of bipy, the compounds cis-[VIV(O)(F)-
(4,4′-dmbipy)2]BF4·5H2O (2·5H2O), cis-[VIV(O)(F)(4,4′-
dtbipy)2]A (3A); A = BF4 , ClO4 ), and cis-[VIV(O)(F)-
(phen)2]BF4·H2O (4·H2O) were isolated, respectively. Com-
pounds 1−4 were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis
(1SbF6·H2O and 3BF4), high-resolution mass spectrometry
(MS), IR and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectros-
copies, and magnetic susceptibility measurements (see the SI for
full experimental details).
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The crystal structures of the cations of compounds cis-[VIV(
O)(F)(bipy)2]SbF6·H2O and cis-[VIVO(F)(4,4′-dtbipy)2]BF4
are shown in Figure 1. The geometry of the complex cation 1 is
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Figure 2. X-band cw EPR spectrum of a frozen solution of the
compound cis-[VIVO(F)(4,4′-dtbipy)2]BF4 in CH2Cl2 (1.00 mM) at
120 K (black line) and its simulated spectrum (red dashed line).
chlorine atom [44.1 × 10−4 cm−1] and the hydroxide group [38.7
× 10−4 cm−1] as expected.
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations, employing the
PBE0/Def2-TZVP∪6-31+G(d)(E) computational protocol,
reveal that the VIV−F bond is mainly electrostatic with a
dissociation energy of 46.8 kcal/mol.12 The optimized geometry
along with selected structural parameters is given in the SI
(Figure S1). According to natural bond orbital population
analysis,13 the estimated Wiberg bond order for the V−F bond is
0.718, which is less than that of a typical single covalent bond. On
the other hand, the natural atomic charges QV and QF on the
vanadium and fluorine atoms of 0.781 and −0.528 e, respectively,
are indicative of the significant electrostatic character of the V−F
bond. The contour plots of the Laplacian of the electron density,
∇2ρ, and of the ELF on the plane defined by the vanadium,
fluorine, and oxygen nuclei are depicted in Figure 3.14
Figure 1. ORTEP diagrams of the cations cis-[VIV(O)(F)(bipy)2]+
(A) and cis-[VIV(O)(F)(4,4′-dtbipy)2]+ (B) with atomic numbering
scheme and thermal ellipsoids at the 50% probability level.
best described as a severely distorted octahedron, with the
vanadium center being displaced above the mean equatorial
plane defined by three bipy nitrogen atoms and the fluorine atom
by 0.27 Å toward the oxido ligand. The notable structural feature
of the cations is the presence of a fluorine atom in a position cis to
the oxido ligand. The VIV(O) bond length of 1.630(2) Å in cis-
[VIV(O)(F)(bipy)2]+ lies in the upper limit of the range
observed for oxidovanadium complexes (≈1.56−1.63 Å).10 The
VIV−F bond length of 1.855(2) Å is the shortest observed thus far
for such compounds.7 To the best of our knowledge, compounds
1SbF6·H2O and 3 are the first examples of cationic mononuclear
oxidovanadium(IV) species containing the structural unit cis-
[VIV(O)(F)]+ that have been structurally characterized.
The IR spectra of all of the vanadium compounds display a
very strong band in the range 960−970 cm−1, which was assigned
to ν(VIVO) (see the SI). The IR spectrum of the compound
cis-[VIV(O)(F)(4,4′-dtbipy)2]·ClO4 (3·ClO4) shows a strong
band at 564 cm−1, which was absent from its chlorido analogue,
cis-[VIV(O)(Cl)(4,4′-dtbipy)2]ClO4, and this band was
assigned to ν(VIV−F) (see the SI).
The X-band continuous-wave (cw) EPR spectrum of a frozen
(120 K) solution of cis-[VIVO(F)(4,4′-dtbipy)2]BF4 (in
CH2Cl2) shows well-resolved 16 peaks originating from the
Figure 3. Contour line maps of ∇2ρ (a), ELF (b), and a 3D plot of the
Fukui function, f− (red color represents electrophilic attack sites), for the
[VOF(bipy)2]+ cation (c).
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hyperfine coupling with the vanadium atom (I = /2) and the
fluorine (I = 1/2) superhyperfine coupling (Figure 2, solid line).
The fit of these EPR spectra considering a rhombic symmetry
yields the spin Hamiltonian parameters gx = 1.969, gy = 1.984, gz =
1.944, Ax(51V) = −55.4 × 10−4, Ay(51V) = −54.3 × 10−4, Az(51V)
= −161 × 10−4, Ax(19F) = 41.1 × 10−4 cm−1, Ay(19F) = 40.1 ×
10−4 cm−1, and Az(19F) = 10.7 × 10−4 cm−1. Application of the
additivity relationship11 gives a value of Az = −40.1 × 10−4 cm−1
for the fluorine atom, which is in the middle compared to the
The low electron density [ρ(r) = 0.114] at the critical points
and the positive Laplacian (∇2ρBCP = 0.704) are clear evidence
that the bond is more electrostatic than covalent.
Inspection of the respective 3D plot of the electrophilic attack
Fukui function, f−(r), reveals that the fluorine and oxygen ligands
are susceptible to electrophilic attack (red color, Figure 3c), or in
other words, they are expected to act as nucleophiles.
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Surprisingly, one out of the two nitrogen donor atoms of each of
the two bipy ligands is also susceptible to electrophilic attack.
The implication of the electrostatic nature of the VIV−F
bonding interaction in 3·ClO4 was explored in reactivity studies.
The reaction of 3·ClO4 with Me3Si−Cl15 showed 100%
conversion to Me3Si−F over a few minutes, with its chlorido
analogue as the VIV-containing product. In order to confirm
unambiguously the complex’s fluorinating efficiency, we
investigated the reaction of 3·ClO4 with the substrates 4-
methylbenzene-1-sulfonyl chloride, tert-butyl bromoacetate, and
trityl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate, which gave us the fluorido
derivatives of the substrates in yields of 100% based on the
vanadium compound (see the SI, Figures S2−S4). These
reactions show attack by fluoride at the electrophilic component
of the substrates, demonstrating that the VIV−F bond in this
compound is nucleophilic and reactive.
In conclusion, the mononuclear vanadium(IV) oxido−
fluorido compounds, with chelate neutral donor ligands, of the
general formula cis-[VIV(O)(F)(LN−N)2]+ were isolated by
simply interacting the species [VIV(O)(LN−N)2]2+ with either
HBF4 or HF and/or KF in aqueous solution. These compounds
were characterized by X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy, and DFT.
Our results support the expected electrostatic character of the
VIV−F bond. On the basis of its electrostatic bonding, the
terminal fluorido ligand was determined to be nucleophilic in a
halogen exchange reaction and in fluorination of various organic
substrates. Efforts to explore the potential for these compounds
to act as nucleophilic fluorinating agents for other organic
substrates are currently in progress.
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The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the
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Full experimental details, IR and EPR data, and DFT
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X-ray crystallographic data in CIF format (CIF)
X-ray crystallographic data in CIF format (CIF)
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*E-mail: attsipis@uoi.gr (A.C.T.).
*E-mail: harism@chem.gla.ac.uk (H.N.M.).
*E-mail: akeramid@ucy.ac.cy (A.D.K.).
*E-mail: tkampano@cc.uoi.gr (T.A.K.).
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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The authors gratefully acknowledge for the support the Greek
Community Support FrameworkIII (MIS91629), the Research
Promotional Foundation of Cyprus and the European Structural
Funds (ANABAΘMIΣH/ΠAΓIO/0308/32, YΓEIA/BIOΣ/
0308(BIE)/13), the Unit ORBITRAP-LC-MS as well as Prof.
Dr. Ioannis K. Gallos and Professor Leroy (Lee) Cronin.
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