Abstract
Interactions and binding sites of the solvent molecules chloroform and ethanol to bis(acetylacetonate)oxovanadium(IV) (VO(acac)2) complexes in (frozen) solutions have been investigated by pulsed electron nuclear double resonance, sum peak electron spin echo envelope modulation and hyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopy. The experimental proton hyperfine coupling data of coordinating solvent molecules have been interpreted using quantum chemical calculations (density functional theory). Experimental and computed hyperfine couplings indicate that ethanol coordinates to vanadium in the equatorial plane of VO(acac)2 and chloroform interacts via hydrogen bonding to oxygens of the acac ligands.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 705-724 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Research on Chemical Intermediates |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Sep 2007 |
Keywords
- Pulsed ESR
- Solvation structure
- VO(acac)