2-Tetrahydrofurfuroxo-vanadium-(III) and -(IV) complexes. Synthesis, structures and reactivities of [V2Mg2(μ3,δ2-thffo)2(μ,δ2-thffo)4Cl4]· 2CH2Cl2 and [V2(μ,δ2-thffo)2Cl2O2] †
Vanadium complexes of 2-tetrahydrofurfuroxide (2-tetrahydrofurylmethoxide) (thffo) with the metal in oxidation state III and IV have been prepared and characterized. The reaction of [VCl3(thf)3] with 1.5 equivalents of [Mg(thffo)2] in tetrahydrofuran (thf) or CH2Cl2 led to the formation of [V2Mg2(µ3,η2-thffo)2(µ,η2-thffo)4Cl4]· 2CH2Cl21. Its structure consists of centrosymmetric tetranuclear molecules and CH2Cl2 of crystallization. Two Mg and two V atoms have distorted octahedral geometry and form a nearly regular Mg2V2 rhombus. The V · · · V distance is 3.266(2) A. The reaction of [VOCl2(thf)2] with Na(thffo) in thf yielded [V2(µ,η2-thffo)2Cl2O2] 2. Two VOCl units are linked by alkoxide ox…
New intermediates for the synthesis of olefin polymerization catalysts: the complexes [M2(µ-Cl)2Cl4(thf)4](M = Ti or V, thf = tetrahydrofuran); Crystal structures and properties
The dimeric titanium(III) and vanadium(III) complexes [M2(µ-Cl)2Cl4(thf)4](M = Ti 1 or V 2, thf = tetrahydrofuran) have been prepared by recrystallization of [MCl3(thf)3] from dichloromethane. In the dimers, composed of slightly distorted edge-sharing octahedra, the metal atoms separated by Ti ⋯ Ti and V ⋯ V distances of 3.711 (3) and 3.619(1)A, respectively, are surrounded by two terminal Cl atoms, two oxygen atoms of thf molecules and are linked by two bridging Cl atoms. The geometry around the titanium atoms differs from that around vanadium because the thf molecules and the terminal chlorine atoms are differently located with respect to the bridging chlorine atoms of the M2(µ-Cl)2 unit.…