Supporting information
Crystallographic Information File (CIF) https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270101008368/gg1056sup1.cif | |
Structure factor file (CIF format) https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270101008368/gg1056Isup2.hkl |
CCDC reference: 170169
Tetrakis(dimethylamido)vanadium was prepared according to previously described procedures (Haaland et al., 1992). Sublimation (298 K, 2 x 10-3 mbar) of the crude product afforded the title compound as very air-sensitive, dark green blocks.
Three low-angle reflections (100, 110, 020) with severely underestimated |Fo| were omited from refinement cycles. Otherwise refinement was carried out against all unique data. The range of refined C—H bond lengths is 0.89 (3) to 1.02 (3) Å.
Data collection: Kappa-CCD software COLLECT (Nonius, 2000); cell refinement: DENZO; data reduction: DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994); program(s) used to refine structure: CRYSTALS (Watkin, Prout et al., 1996); molecular graphics: CAMERON (Watkin, Prout & Pearce et al., 1996); software used to prepare material for publication: CRYSTALS.
C8H24N4V | Z = 4 |
Mr = 227.25 | F(000) = 492 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.151 Mg m−3 |
a = 8.2903 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 12.0158 (2) Å | Cell parameters from 5348 reflections |
c = 13.8350 (3) Å | θ = 1.0–27.5° |
α = 75.6616 (10)° | µ = 0.73 mm−1 |
β = 79.4036 (11)° | T = 150 K |
γ = 84.9664 (9)° | Block, dark green |
V = 1311.18 (5) Å3 | 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.20 mm |
Nonius Kappa-CCD diffractometer | 4773 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
CCD scans | Rint = 0.02 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 1.0° |
Tmin = 0.864, Tmax = 0.864 | h = −10→10 |
10654 measured reflections | k = −15→15 |
5886 independent reflections | l = −17→17 |
Refinement on F | Primary atom site location: direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.033 | All H-atom parameters refined |
wR(F2) = 0.043 | Chebychev polynomial with 5 parameters, (Carruthers & Watkin, 1979), 0.895 0.532 0.456 -.541E-01 -.147 |
S = 1.05 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.006 |
5883 reflections | Δρmax = 0.71 e Å−3 |
427 parameters | Δρmin = −0.83 e Å−3 |
0 restraints |
C8H24N4V | γ = 84.9664 (9)° |
Mr = 227.25 | V = 1311.18 (5) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 4 |
a = 8.2903 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 12.0158 (2) Å | µ = 0.73 mm−1 |
c = 13.8350 (3) Å | T = 150 K |
α = 75.6616 (10)° | 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.20 mm |
β = 79.4036 (11)° |
Nonius Kappa-CCD diffractometer | 5886 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (DENZO; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) | 4773 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.864, Tmax = 0.864 | Rint = 0.02 |
10654 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.033 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.043 | All H-atom parameters refined |
S = 1.05 | Δρmax = 0.71 e Å−3 |
5883 reflections | Δρmin = −0.83 e Å−3 |
427 parameters |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
V1 | 0.22069 (3) | 0.248426 (19) | −0.473572 (17) | 0.0206 | |
N1 | 0.34951 (15) | 0.36961 (11) | −0.5522 (1) | 0.0261 | |
N2 | 0.36549 (15) | 0.13317 (11) | −0.4167 (1) | 0.0267 | |
N3 | 0.07447 (15) | 0.30263 (11) | −0.37399 (9) | 0.0266 | |
N4 | 0.09240 (15) | 0.18648 (11) | −0.5438 (1) | 0.0254 | |
C1 | 0.2858 (2) | 0.48730 (15) | −0.58253 (14) | 0.0364 | |
C2 | 0.5100 (2) | 0.35317 (17) | −0.61184 (13) | 0.0344 | |
C3 | 0.5067 (2) | 0.15807 (15) | −0.37819 (14) | 0.0329 | |
C4 | 0.3247 (2) | 0.01340 (15) | −0.37757 (16) | 0.0386 | |
C5 | 0.1192 (2) | 0.38497 (16) | −0.32295 (13) | 0.0348 | |
C6 | −0.0607 (2) | 0.23496 (17) | −0.31178 (14) | 0.0360 | |
C7 | −0.06547 (19) | 0.23800 (16) | −0.56632 (13) | 0.0316 | |
C8 | 0.1552 (2) | 0.10298 (15) | −0.60336 (13) | 0.0308 | |
H11 | 0.180 (3) | 0.496 (2) | −0.5433 (18) | 0.044 (6)* | |
H12 | 0.278 (3) | 0.5101 (19) | −0.6558 (17) | 0.037 (5)* | |
H13 | 0.360 (3) | 0.539 (2) | −0.5697 (19) | 0.053 (7)* | |
H21 | 0.508 (3) | 0.3714 (19) | −0.6859 (17) | 0.037 (5)* | |
H22 | 0.547 (3) | 0.273 (2) | −0.594 (2) | 0.052 (7)* | |
H23 | 0.596 (3) | 0.396 (2) | −0.599 (2) | 0.055 (7)* | |
H31 | 0.491 (3) | 0.132 (2) | −0.301 (2) | 0.055 (7)* | |
H32 | 0.610 (3) | 0.115 (2) | −0.4042 (19) | 0.049 (6)* | |
H33 | 0.529 (3) | 0.238 (2) | −0.4011 (17) | 0.044 (6)* | |
H41 | 0.232 (3) | −0.000 (2) | −0.3986 (18) | 0.043 (6)* | |
H42 | 0.311 (3) | −0.008 (2) | −0.304 (2) | 0.055 (7)* | |
H43 | 0.408 (3) | −0.038 (2) | −0.402 (2) | 0.059 (7)* | |
H51 | 0.210 (3) | 0.427 (2) | −0.3627 (19) | 0.049 (6)* | |
H52 | 0.151 (3) | 0.348 (2) | −0.256 (2) | 0.051 (6)* | |
H53 | 0.026 (3) | 0.444 (2) | −0.3121 (18) | 0.048 (6)* | |
H61 | −0.158 (3) | 0.284 (2) | −0.296 (2) | 0.055 (7)* | |
H62 | −0.036 (3) | 0.195 (2) | −0.246 (2) | 0.052 (6)* | |
H63 | −0.098 (3) | 0.183 (2) | −0.346 (2) | 0.054 (7)* | |
H71 | −0.108 (3) | 0.291 (2) | −0.5275 (17) | 0.037 (5)* | |
H72 | −0.148 (3) | 0.182 (2) | −0.5511 (19) | 0.050 (6)* | |
H73 | −0.059 (3) | 0.280 (2) | −0.636 (2) | 0.052 (7)* | |
H81 | 0.165 (3) | 0.138 (2) | −0.678 (2) | 0.050 (6)* | |
H82 | 0.262 (3) | 0.0739 (19) | −0.5909 (16) | 0.036 (5)* | |
H83 | 0.089 (3) | 0.039 (2) | −0.5861 (17) | 0.045 (6)* | |
V1A | 0.20452 (3) | 0.247431 (19) | 0.023480 (17) | 0.0198 | |
N1A | 0.28403 (15) | 0.27243 (11) | 0.13365 (9) | 0.0251 | |
N2A | −0.02305 (14) | 0.27234 (11) | 0.04767 (9) | 0.0238 | |
N3A | 0.26320 (16) | 0.09759 (11) | 0.00992 (11) | 0.0289 | |
N4A | 0.29526 (15) | 0.34829 (11) | −0.09637 (9) | 0.0253 | |
C1A | 0.2228 (2) | 0.36610 (15) | 0.18210 (13) | 0.0310 | |
C2A | 0.4500 (2) | 0.23409 (17) | 0.15061 (15) | 0.0368 | |
C3A | −0.1259 (2) | 0.30240 (15) | −0.03036 (12) | 0.0292 | |
C4A | −0.11677 (19) | 0.22405 (14) | 0.14691 (12) | 0.0285 | |
C5A | 0.2706 (3) | −0.00061 (16) | 0.09426 (18) | 0.0443 | |
C6A | 0.2459 (2) | 0.06276 (17) | −0.08104 (16) | 0.0394 | |
C7A | 0.2451 (2) | 0.46969 (14) | −0.11801 (13) | 0.0318 | |
C8A | 0.4560 (2) | 0.32859 (17) | −0.15403 (14) | 0.0350 | |
H11A | 0.217 (3) | 0.341 (2) | 0.2577 (18) | 0.041 (6)* | |
H12A | 0.116 (3) | 0.393 (2) | 0.1693 (17) | 0.041 (6)* | |
H13A | 0.287 (3) | 0.430 (2) | 0.1590 (18) | 0.044 (6)* | |
H21A | 0.526 (3) | 0.301 (2) | 0.126 (2) | 0.059 (7)* | |
H22A | 0.496 (3) | 0.177 (2) | 0.1162 (19) | 0.048 (6)* | |
H23A | 0.447 (3) | 0.204 (2) | 0.224 (2) | 0.050 (6)* | |
H31A | −0.210 (3) | 0.361 (2) | −0.0175 (17) | 0.042 (6)* | |
H32A | −0.059 (3) | 0.333 (2) | −0.0935 (18) | 0.043 (6)* | |
H33A | −0.187 (3) | 0.233 (2) | −0.0333 (18) | 0.049 (6)* | |
H41A | −0.187 (3) | 0.161 (2) | 0.1499 (17) | 0.040 (5)* | |
H42A | −0.050 (3) | 0.200 (2) | 0.1970 (19) | 0.044 (6)* | |
H43A | −0.193 (3) | 0.281 (2) | 0.1718 (17) | 0.041 (6)* | |
H51A | 0.357 (4) | −0.055 (3) | 0.083 (2) | 0.063 (8)* | |
H52A | 0.285 (3) | 0.020 (2) | 0.151 (2) | 0.054 (7)* | |
H53A | 0.184 (4) | −0.043 (3) | 0.105 (2) | 0.070 (8)* | |
H61A | 0.143 (3) | 0.022 (2) | −0.0730 (18) | 0.048 (6)* | |
H62A | 0.244 (3) | 0.130 (2) | −0.137 (2) | 0.050 (6)* | |
H63A | 0.342 (3) | 0.016 (2) | −0.104 (2) | 0.057 (7)* | |
H71A | 0.140 (3) | 0.482 (2) | −0.0799 (19) | 0.050 (6)* | |
H72A | 0.325 (3) | 0.510 (2) | −0.1031 (19) | 0.049 (6)* | |
H73A | 0.237 (3) | 0.4982 (19) | −0.1882 (18) | 0.038 (5)* | |
H81A | 0.488 (3) | 0.253 (2) | −0.1345 (19) | 0.048 (6)* | |
H82A | 0.455 (3) | 0.351 (2) | −0.2251 (19) | 0.047 (6)* | |
H83A | 0.539 (4) | 0.368 (2) | −0.139 (2) | 0.060 (7)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
V1 | 0.02026 (12) | 0.02027 (13) | 0.02093 (13) | −0.00315 (9) | −0.00304 (9) | −0.00368 (9) |
N1 | 0.0253 (6) | 0.0245 (6) | 0.0271 (6) | −0.0052 (5) | −0.0035 (5) | −0.0025 (5) |
N2 | 0.0255 (6) | 0.0230 (6) | 0.0315 (6) | −0.0025 (5) | −0.0076 (5) | −0.0035 (5) |
N3 | 0.0266 (6) | 0.0293 (6) | 0.0241 (6) | −0.0039 (5) | −0.0024 (5) | −0.0072 (5) |
N4 | 0.0227 (6) | 0.0267 (6) | 0.0282 (6) | −0.0021 (5) | −0.0048 (5) | −0.0084 (5) |
C1 | 0.045 (1) | 0.0246 (8) | 0.0353 (9) | −0.0031 (7) | −0.0046 (7) | −0.0006 (6) |
C2 | 0.0271 (7) | 0.0402 (9) | 0.0334 (8) | −0.0103 (7) | 0.0002 (6) | −0.0050 (7) |
C3 | 0.0290 (8) | 0.0324 (8) | 0.0392 (9) | −0.0007 (6) | −0.0129 (6) | −0.0071 (7) |
C4 | 0.0417 (9) | 0.0263 (8) | 0.046 (1) | −0.0065 (7) | −0.0152 (8) | 0.0027 (7) |
C5 | 0.0409 (9) | 0.0376 (9) | 0.0298 (8) | −0.0046 (7) | −0.0063 (7) | −0.0139 (7) |
C6 | 0.0338 (8) | 0.0396 (9) | 0.0306 (8) | −0.0084 (7) | 0.0054 (6) | −0.0064 (7) |
C7 | 0.0250 (7) | 0.0383 (9) | 0.0344 (8) | −0.0003 (6) | −0.0077 (6) | −0.0125 (7) |
C8 | 0.0326 (8) | 0.0307 (8) | 0.0316 (8) | −0.0019 (6) | −0.0049 (6) | −0.0122 (7) |
V1A | 0.01867 (12) | 0.01888 (12) | 0.02131 (13) | −0.00163 (8) | −0.00251 (9) | −0.00414 (9) |
N1A | 0.0202 (5) | 0.0285 (6) | 0.0268 (6) | −0.0014 (5) | −0.0058 (4) | −0.0057 (5) |
N2A | 0.0217 (5) | 0.0258 (6) | 0.0242 (6) | −0.0013 (4) | −0.0050 (4) | −0.0057 (5) |
N3A | 0.0292 (6) | 0.0205 (6) | 0.0364 (7) | −0.0005 (5) | −0.0044 (5) | −0.0066 (5) |
N4A | 0.0272 (6) | 0.0240 (6) | 0.0240 (6) | −0.0031 (5) | −0.0019 (5) | −0.0055 (5) |
C1A | 0.0324 (8) | 0.0303 (8) | 0.0327 (8) | −0.0020 (6) | −0.0086 (6) | −0.0096 (6) |
C2A | 0.0221 (7) | 0.046 (1) | 0.044 (1) | −0.0009 (7) | −0.0099 (7) | −0.0115 (8) |
C3A | 0.0257 (7) | 0.0356 (8) | 0.0296 (8) | 0.0017 (6) | −0.0090 (6) | −0.0117 (6) |
C4A | 0.0228 (7) | 0.0335 (8) | 0.0277 (7) | −0.0039 (6) | −0.0027 (6) | −0.0047 (6) |
C5A | 0.0492 (11) | 0.0239 (8) | 0.0548 (12) | −0.0043 (8) | −0.0110 (9) | 0.0025 (8) |
C6A | 0.0393 (9) | 0.0312 (9) | 0.0528 (11) | −0.0018 (7) | −0.0074 (8) | −0.0197 (8) |
C7A | 0.0402 (9) | 0.0221 (7) | 0.0320 (8) | −0.0049 (6) | −0.0035 (7) | −0.0048 (6) |
C8A | 0.0291 (8) | 0.0361 (9) | 0.0355 (9) | −0.0051 (7) | 0.0034 (6) | −0.0053 (7) |
V1—N1 | 1.8721 (12) | V1A—N1A | 1.8652 (12) |
V1—N2 | 1.8692 (13) | V1A—N2A | 1.8653 (12) |
V1—N3 | 1.8664 (13) | V1A—N3A | 1.8691 (13) |
V1—N4 | 1.8721 (12) | V1A—N4A | 1.8681 (13) |
N1—C1 | 1.453 (2) | N1A—C1A | 1.457 (2) |
N1—C2 | 1.456 (2) | N1A—C2A | 1.4539 (19) |
N2—C3 | 1.4536 (19) | N2A—C3A | 1.4541 (19) |
N2—C4 | 1.453 (2) | N2A—C4A | 1.4552 (19) |
N3—C5 | 1.457 (2) | N3A—C5A | 1.446 (2) |
N3—C6 | 1.455 (2) | N3A—C6A | 1.455 (2) |
N4—C7 | 1.4512 (19) | N4A—C7A | 1.454 (2) |
N4—C8 | 1.455 (2) | N4A—C8A | 1.454 (2) |
C1—H11 | 0.96 (3) | C1A—H11A | 1.01 (2) |
C1—H12 | 1.00 (2) | C1A—H12A | 0.94 (2) |
C1—H13 | 0.98 (3) | C1A—H13A | 0.93 (2) |
C2—H21 | 1.00 (2) | C2A—H21A | 1.01 (3) |
C2—H22 | 0.97 (3) | C2A—H22A | 0.94 (3) |
C2—H23 | 0.98 (3) | C2A—H23A | 0.98 (3) |
C3—H31 | 1.02 (3) | C3A—H31A | 0.97 (2) |
C3—H32 | 1.01 (3) | C3A—H32A | 0.95 (2) |
C3—H33 | 0.96 (2) | C3A—H33A | 1.02 (2) |
C4—H41 | 0.91 (3) | C4A—H41A | 0.98 (2) |
C4—H42 | 0.98 (3) | C4A—H42A | 0.94 (3) |
C4—H43 | 0.96 (3) | C4A—H43A | 0.98 (2) |
C5—H51 | 0.95 (3) | C5A—H51A | 0.94 (3) |
C5—H52 | 0.99 (3) | C5A—H52A | 0.91 (3) |
C5—H53 | 1.02 (3) | C5A—H53A | 0.89 (3) |
C6—H61 | 0.98 (3) | C6A—H61A | 1.00 (2) |
C6—H62 | 0.97 (3) | C6A—H62A | 0.97 (3) |
C6—H63 | 0.97 (3) | C6A—H63A | 0.98 (3) |
C7—H71 | 0.94 (2) | C7A—H71A | 0.95 (3) |
C7—H72 | 0.96 (3) | C7A—H72A | 0.94 (3) |
C7—H73 | 0.96 (3) | C7A—H73A | 0.96 (2) |
C8—H81 | 1.00 (3) | C8A—H81A | 0.92 (3) |
C8—H82 | 0.96 (2) | C8A—H82A | 0.96 (3) |
C8—H83 | 0.94 (2) | C8A—H83A | 0.94 (3) |
N1—V1—N2 | 106.53 (6) | N1A—V1A—N2A | 107.16 (5) |
N1—V1—N3 | 108.41 (6) | N1A—V1A—N3A | 109.74 (6) |
N2—V1—N3 | 111.42 (6) | N2A—V1A—N3A | 111.48 (6) |
N1—V1—N4 | 115.28 (6) | N1A—V1A—N4A | 110.73 (5) |
N2—V1—N4 | 109.00 (6) | N2A—V1A—N4A | 110.03 (6) |
N3—V1—N4 | 106.26 (5) | N3A—V1A—N4A | 107.73 (6) |
V1—N1—C1 | 123.67 (11) | V1A—N1A—C1A | 123.3 (1) |
V1—N1—C2 | 123.62 (11) | V1A—N1A—C2A | 120.92 (11) |
C1—N1—C2 | 110.81 (14) | C1A—N1A—C2A | 111.22 (13) |
V1—N2—C3 | 122.5 (1) | V1A—N2A—C3A | 124.7 (1) |
V1—N2—C4 | 123.70 (11) | V1A—N2A—C4A | 120.0 (1) |
C3—N2—C4 | 111.12 (13) | C3A—N2A—C4A | 112.02 (12) |
V1—N3—C5 | 122.77 (11) | V1A—N3A—C5A | 124.03 (13) |
V1—N3—C6 | 121.60 (11) | V1A—N3A—C6A | 120.92 (11) |
C5—N3—C6 | 110.85 (13) | C5A—N3A—C6A | 111.45 (15) |
V1—N4—C7 | 122.6 (1) | V1A—N4A—C7A | 121.02 (11) |
V1—N4—C8 | 123.8 (1) | V1A—N4A—C8A | 123.65 (11) |
C7—N4—C8 | 111.74 (12) | C7A—N4A—C8A | 111.20 (13) |
N1—C1—H11 | 109.4 (14) | N1A—C1A—H11A | 111.5 (13) |
N1—C1—H12 | 112.3 (13) | N1A—C1A—H12A | 111.4 (14) |
H11—C1—H12 | 109.3 (19) | H11A—C1A—H12A | 107.5 (19) |
N1—C1—H13 | 109.0 (15) | N1A—C1A—H13A | 113.2 (15) |
H11—C1—H13 | 109 (2) | H11A—C1A—H13A | 107.4 (19) |
H12—C1—H13 | 108.0 (19) | H12A—C1A—H13A | 105 (2) |
N1—C2—H21 | 112.8 (13) | N1A—C2A—H21A | 110.6 (16) |
N1—C2—H22 | 110.0 (15) | N1A—C2A—H22A | 113.4 (15) |
H21—C2—H22 | 105 (2) | H21A—C2A—H22A | 106 (2) |
N1—C2—H23 | 113.6 (15) | N1A—C2A—H23A | 108.0 (15) |
H21—C2—H23 | 109.4 (19) | H21A—C2A—H23A | 109 (2) |
H22—C2—H23 | 105 (2) | H22A—C2A—H23A | 110 (2) |
N2—C3—H31 | 111.3 (14) | N2A—C3A—H31A | 111.5 (14) |
N2—C3—H32 | 111.4 (14) | N2A—C3A—H32A | 108.8 (14) |
H31—C3—H32 | 106 (2) | H31A—C3A—H32A | 107.3 (19) |
N2—C3—H33 | 110.7 (14) | N2A—C3A—H33A | 111.5 (14) |
H31—C3—H33 | 111 (2) | H31A—C3A—H33A | 106.3 (19) |
H32—C3—H33 | 105.8 (19) | H32A—C3A—H33A | 111 (2) |
N2—C4—H41 | 110.5 (15) | N2A—C4A—H41A | 115.3 (13) |
N2—C4—H42 | 111.5 (16) | N2A—C4A—H42A | 112.6 (14) |
H41—C4—H42 | 110 (2) | H41A—C4A—H42A | 109 (2) |
N2—C4—H43 | 112.5 (16) | N2A—C4A—H43A | 111.7 (13) |
H41—C4—H43 | 105 (2) | H41A—C4A—H43A | 104.1 (18) |
H42—C4—H43 | 107 (2) | H42A—C4A—H43A | 103.2 (19) |
N3—C5—H51 | 110.5 (15) | N3A—C5A—H51A | 114.5 (17) |
N3—C5—H52 | 113.2 (15) | N3A—C5A—H52A | 111.9 (17) |
H51—C5—H52 | 107 (2) | H51A—C5A—H52A | 105 (2) |
N3—C5—H53 | 111.4 (14) | N3A—C5A—H53A | 111 (2) |
H51—C5—H53 | 107 (2) | H51A—C5A—H53A | 101 (3) |
H52—C5—H53 | 108 (2) | H52A—C5A—H53A | 113 (3) |
N3—C6—H61 | 111.3 (16) | N3A—C6A—H61A | 112.8 (14) |
N3—C6—H62 | 112.4 (15) | N3A—C6A—H62A | 110.0 (15) |
H61—C6—H62 | 104 (2) | H61A—C6A—H62A | 108 (2) |
N3—C6—H63 | 112.4 (15) | N3A—C6A—H63A | 111.3 (16) |
H61—C6—H63 | 105 (2) | H61A—C6A—H63A | 111 (2) |
H62—C6—H63 | 112 (2) | H62A—C6A—H63A | 104 (2) |
N4—C7—H71 | 112.6 (14) | N4A—C7A—H71A | 110.5 (16) |
N4—C7—H72 | 111.9 (15) | N4A—C7A—H72A | 108.1 (16) |
H71—C7—H72 | 105 (2) | H71A—C7A—H72A | 112 (2) |
N4—C7—H73 | 112.2 (15) | N4A—C7A—H73A | 110.9 (13) |
H71—C7—H73 | 106 (2) | H71A—C7A—H73A | 107 (2) |
H72—C7—H73 | 109 (2) | H72A—C7A—H73A | 108 (2) |
N4—C8—H81 | 112.0 (14) | N4A—C8A—H81A | 109.0 (16) |
N4—C8—H82 | 110.5 (13) | N4A—C8A—H82A | 111.2 (15) |
H81—C8—H82 | 106.8 (19) | H81A—C8A—H82A | 111 (2) |
N4—C8—H83 | 111.7 (14) | N4A—C8A—H83A | 112.5 (17) |
H81—C8—H83 | 109 (2) | H81A—C8A—H83A | 104 (2) |
H82—C8—H83 | 106.3 (19) | H82A—C8A—H83A | 109 (2) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C8H24N4V |
Mr | 227.25 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 8.2903 (2), 12.0158 (2), 13.8350 (3) |
α, β, γ (°) | 75.6616 (10), 79.4036 (11), 84.9664 (9) |
V (Å3) | 1311.18 (5) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.73 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.30 × 0.20 × 0.20 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Nonius Kappa-CCD diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (DENZO; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.864, 0.864 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 10654, 5886, 4773 |
Rint | 0.02 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.033, 0.043, 1.05 |
No. of reflections | 5883 |
No. of parameters | 427 |
H-atom treatment | All H-atom parameters refined |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.71, −0.83 |
Computer programs: Kappa-CCD software COLLECT (Nonius, 2000), DENZO (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SIR92 (Altomare et al., 1994), CRYSTALS (Watkin, Prout et al., 1996), CAMERON (Watkin, Prout & Pearce et al., 1996), CRYSTALS.
V1—N1 | 1.8721 (12) | V1A—N2A | 1.8653 (12) |
V1—N2 | 1.8692 (13) | V1A—N3A | 1.8691 (13) |
V1—N3 | 1.8664 (13) | V1A—N4A | 1.8681 (13) |
V1—N4 | 1.8721 (12) | N1A—C1A | 1.457 (2) |
V1A—N1A | 1.8652 (12) | ||
N1—V1—N2 | 106.53 (6) | N1A—V1A—N2A | 107.16 (5) |
N1—V1—N3 | 108.41 (6) | N1A—V1A—N3A | 109.74 (6) |
N2—V1—N3 | 111.42 (6) | N2A—V1A—N3A | 111.48 (6) |
N1—V1—N4 | 115.28 (6) | N1A—V1A—N4A | 110.73 (5) |
N2—V1—N4 | 109.00 (6) | N2A—V1A—N4A | 110.03 (6) |
N3—V1—N4 | 106.26 (5) | N3A—V1A—N4A | 107.73 (6) |
V1—N1—C1 | 123.67 (11) | V1A—N1A—C1A | 123.3 (1) |
V1—N1—C2 | 123.62 (11) | V1A—N1A—C2A | 120.92 (11) |
V1—N2—C3 | 122.5 (1) | V1A—N2A—C3A | 124.7 (1) |
V1—N2—C4 | 123.70 (11) | V1A—N2A—C4A | 120.0 (1) |
V1—N3—C5 | 122.77 (11) | V1A—N3A—C5A | 124.03 (13) |
V1—N3—C6 | 121.60 (11) | V1A—N3A—C6A | 120.92 (11) |
V1—N4—C7 | 122.6 (1) | V1A—N4A—C7A | 121.02 (11) |
V1—N4—C8 | 123.8 (1) | V1A—N4A—C8A | 123.65 (11) |
The study of transition metal amido complexes has been an important area of chemistry since the pioneering work in the 1960 s and early 1970 s (Lappert et al., 1980, and references therein), and continues to attract considerable interest (Gade, 2000, and references therein). Within the large family of complexes with secondary amido ligands of the type NR2 (where R = a hydrocarbyl or other non-H group), the simplest are the mononuclear, homoleptic dimethylamido species [M(NMe2)n] (n = 4, 5 or 6). The following members of this family have been crystallographically characterized: [Nb(NMe2)5] (Heath & Hursthouse, 1971), [Ta(NMe2)5] (Batsanov et al., 1999), [Mo(NMe2)4] (Chisholm et al., 1978), [Mo(NMe2)6] (Chisholm et al., 1987) and [W(NMe2)6] (Bradley et al., 1969). Tetrakis(dimethylamido)zirconium, usually referred to as a four-coordinate species '[Zr(NMe2)4]' actually adopts the NMe2-bridged dimeric structure [Zr2(µ-NMe2)2(NMe2)6] in the solid state (Chisholm et al., 1988). While no first row transition metal dimethylamido complex has been crystallographically characterized, gas-phase diffraction studies of [M(NMe2)4] [M = Ti or V (I)] have been reported (Haaland et al., 1992). \sch
During the course of our studies of early transition metal amido chemistry (Skinner et al., 2000) we obtained crystals of (I). The unit cell contains two crystallographically independent molecules, the geometric features of which are essentially identical. Molecules of (I) feature molecular D2 d symmetry as illustrated in Fig. 1 where (I) is viewed along the molecular C2 (coincident with S4) axis; the molecular mirror planes contain V1(A)/N1(A)/N4(A) and V1(A)/N2(A)/N3(A). The angles between the normals to the planes comprising these atoms is 91.6 (2) and 91.7 (2)° for the systems containing V1 and V1A, respectively. The V—N distances and V—N—C angles span the typical ranges reported for vanadium amides (Fletcher et al., 1996; Allen & Kennard, 1993). The angles subtended at V1 and V1A fall into two groups, with the division between the values being more pronounced for V1 on which further discussion will focus. The N1—V1—N4 and N2—V1—N3 angles of 115.28 (6) and 111.42 (6)° are significantly larger than the ideal tetrahedral angle of ca 109.5°, while the remaining four N—V1—N angles [range 106.26 (5)–100.00 (6)°] are less. The nitrogen atoms are approximately sp2-hybridized (i.e., having a near-trigonal planar coordination). However, the sums of the angles subtended at each N atom span the range 355.2 (3)–358.1 (3)° (for V1, average = ca 357.2°) and 355.4 (3)–356.7 (3)° (for V1A, average = ca 356.1°) showing that there is a slight but persistent degree of pyramidalization of these atoms. As Fig. 2 emphasizes for atoms N2 and N3 of the molecule containing V1, the sense of distortion is to move the methyl carbons (i.e. C3, C4, C5 and C6) into the more 'open' N2—V1—N3 aperture (N2—V1—N3 = 111.52°). This feature is repeated for all of the NMe2 groups and may reflect intramolecular steric effects.
The molecular structure of [V(NMe2)4], (I), is analogous to that of the d2 molybdenum tetrakis(dimethylamido) complex [Mo(NMe2)4] (Chisholm et al., 1978) which also has molecular D2 d symmetry but shows no apparent trends in the N—Mo—N angles within reported errors. No congeneric Group 5 d1 dimethylamido complexes [M(NMe2)4] (M = Nb or Mo) have been crystallographically characterized. However, homologous pseudo-tetrahedral heavier congeners of (I) with the bulkier amido ligands, NPh2 and NEt2, have been reported, namely [Nb(NPh2)4] (Bott et al., 1995) and [Ta(NEt2)2(NPh2)2] (Suh & Hoffman, 1996), respectively. These Nb and Ta complexes have approximate D2 d symmetry within the core M(NC2)4 units.
As mentioned, Haaland et al. (1992) have reported the gas-phase electron diffraction (GED) structure of [V(NMe2)4], (I) (Haaland et al., 1992), which was found to be approximately D2 d symmetrical. It is interesting to compare the X-ray and GED results. The GED model was fitted assuming S4 molecular symmetry and planar amido groups (i.e. local C2 symmetry for the NMe2 fragments). The agreement between the X-ray and GED structures is excellent (for non-H atom distances) to very good (for non-H atom angles) as shown by the following data (given as GED values, followed by X-ray derived values in brackets for both molecules): V—N = 1.879 (4) Å [range 1.8652 (12)–1.8721 (12), average ca 1.87 Å], N—C = 1.457 (3) Å [range 1.4512 (19)–1.457 (2), average ca 1.45 Å], V—N—C = 123.2 (3)° [range 120.0 (1)–124.7 (1), average ca 122.7°], N—V—N (two independent values) = 100.6 (5) and 114.1 (1)° [between pairs of atoms lying on the same molecular mirror planes: range 110.73 (5)–115.28 (6), average ca 112.2°; between pairs of atoms related by molecular C2' axes: range 106.26 (5)–110.03 (6), average ca 108.1°]. >From the two structure determinations (GED and X-ray) it is evident that there is a clear and persistent deviation of the N—V—N angles from those expected for a regular tetrahedron, as expected on electronic grounds (Haaland et al., 1992).
Comparisons can also be made between the neutral, d1 vanadium(+4) complex (I) and the d2 anionic tetrakis(diphenylamido)vanadium(+3) species [V(NPh2)4]- (Song et al., 1996), and with the cationic d0 tetrakis(diethylamido)vanadium(+5) species [V(NEt2)4]+ (Choukroun et al., 1998). For [V(NEt2)4]+ the V—N distances span the range 1.817 (3)–1.847 (3) Å (average = ca 1.83 Å) and for [V(NPh2)4]- the V—N distances span the range 1.988 (7)–2.004 (7) Å (average = ca 1.99 Å). The average V—N distances for the vanadium(5+) and vanadium(3+) complexes lie either side of that (ca 1.87 Å) for (I), in line with the general expected changes in atomic radius with formal oxidation state (without taking into particular account the different N-substituents in the three complexes) and their electronic structures (Chisholm et al., 1978; Chisholm & Clark, 1987). Neither of the complexes [V(NEt2)4]+ or [V(NPh2)4]- possess D2 d symmetry in the solid state, also as predicted by theoretical treatments of the bonding in [M(NR2)4] complexes, nor are there any apparent trends in the N—V—N angles.