title: Coordination of BF(4)(-) to oxovanadium(V) complexes, evidenced by the redox potential of oxovanadium(IV/V) couples in CH(2)Cl(2).
abstract: The oxidation of oxovanadium(IV) complexes [LV(IV)O] (L = tetradentate Schiff-base ligands such as N,N'-ethylenebis(salicylideneaminate)(2-) (salen) and N,N'-2,2-dimethylpropylenebis(salicylideneaminate)(2-) (salpn)) to [LV(V)O](+), believed to be responsible for the voltammetric response near 0.6 V vs Ag/AgCl in CH(2)Cl(2) in the presence of tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate as a supporting electrolyte, is in fact coupled to a homogeneous process where [LVO](+) coordinates BF(4)(-) to form a neutral complex formulated as [LVOBF(4)]. The formation constants for [VO(salen)BF(4)] and [VO(salpn)BF(4)] are evaluated to be K(salen)(-)(1) = 1.1 x 10(2) M(-)(1) and K(salpn)(-)(1) = 1.4 x 10 M(-)(1), respectively. Crystal structure of [VO(salen)BF(4)] reveals that one of the fluorine atoms in BF(4)(-) is so close to the vanadium(V) atom as to be practically bound in the solid state.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oyaizu
authors.forename: Eniya Listiani
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Dewi
authors.forename: Eishun
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsuchida