Crystals (Jul 2024)
Investigating the Formation of Different (NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>[<em>M</em>(H<sub>2</sub>O)<sub>5</sub>(NH<sub>3</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>COO)]<sub>2</sub>[V<sub>10</sub>O<sub>28</sub>]·<em>n</em>H<sub>2</sub>O (<em>M</em> = Co<sup>II</sup>, Ni<sup>II</sup>, Zn<sup>II</sup>, <em>n</em> = 4; <em>M</em> = Cd<sup>II</sup>, Mn<sup>II</sup>, <em>n</em> = 2) Crystallohydrates
Abstract
Three hybrid compounds based on decavanadates, i.e., (NH4)2[Co(H2O)5(β-HAla)]2[V10O28]·4H2O (1), (NH4)2[Ni(H2O)5(β-HAla)]2[V10O28]·4H2O (2), and (NH4)2[Cd(H2O)5(β-HAla)]2[V10O28]·2H2O (3), (where β-Hala = zwitterionic form of β-alanine) were prepared by reactions in mildly acidic conditions (pH ~ 4) at room temperature. These compounds crystallise in two structure types, both crystallising in monoclinic P21/n space group but with dissimilar cell packing, i.e., as tetrahydrates (1 and 2) and as a dihydrate (3). An influence of crystal radii and spin state of the central atom in [M(H2O)5(β-HAla)]2+ complex cations on the crystal packing leading to the formation of different crystallohydrate forms was investigated together with previously prepared (NH4)2[Zn(H2O)5(β-HAla)]2[V10O28]·4H2O (4) and (NH4)2[Mn(H2O)5(β-HAla)]2[V10O28]·2H2O (5) and spin states of [M(H2O)5(β-HAla)]2+ (M = Co2+, Ni2+, and Mn2+) cations in solution were confirmed by 1H-NMR paramagnetic effects. FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra for 1–5 are in agreement with the X-ray structure analysis results.
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