Biomimetic oxovanadium(IV) and (V) complexes with a tridentate (N,N,O)-donor hydrazonic ligand. Two X-ray crystal structure modifications of (2-acetylpyridine-benzoylhydrazonato)dioxovanadium(V)

Two oxovanadium(IV) and (V) complexes with 2-acetylpyridine-benzoylhydrazone have been prepared and characterized. The analytical methods used included elemental analysis, i.r., FAB(+) m.s., V-51-n.m.r. and e.p.r. X-ray diffractometry from single crystals as well as from microcrystalline material were also performed. Molecular modeling was used to calculate the complex structures in a vacuum and their vibrational frequencies. Octahedral coordination is suggested for the complex acetylacetonato(2-acetylpyridine-benzoylhydrazonato)-oxovanadium(IV) (1), for which good agreement was verified between calculated and observed i.r. data. Two crystal structure modifications of (2-acetylpyridine-benzoylhydrazonato)dioxovanadium(V) (2) have been determined by X-ray diffraction methods. In both crystalline modifications the molecular structure of the complex shows a distorted trigonal bipyramidal VN2O3 coordination. The molecular structure, found experimentally for (2), was compared with the theoretically calculated one. The results validate the theoretical method.