Tris(4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine)(trans-4-tert-butylcyclohexanolato)deca-μ-oxido-heptaoxidoheptavanadium acetonitrile monosolvate including another unknown solvent molecule

Abstract

The title heptanuclear alkoxido(oxido)vanadium(V) oxide cluster complex, [V7(C10H19O)O17(C18H24N2)3]·CH3CN, was obtained by the reaction of [V8O20(C18H24N2)4] with 4-tert-butylcyclohexanol (mixture of cis and trans) in a mixed CHCl3/CH3CN solvent. The complex has a V7O18N6 core with approximately Cs symmetry, which is composed of two VO4 tetrahedra, two VO6 octahedra and three VO4N2 octahedra. In the crystal, these complexes are linked together by weak intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonds between the 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine ligand and the V7O18N6 core, forming a one-dimensional network along the c-axis direction. Besides the complex, the asymmetric unit contains one CH3CN solvent molecule. The contribution of other disordered solvent molecules to the scattering was removed using the SQUEEZE option in PLATON [Spek (2015). Acta Cryst. C71, 9–18]. The unknown solvent molecules are not considered in the chemical formula and other crystal data.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• vanadium oxide cluster
• bipyridine
• alcohol