A solution and solid state study of niobium complexes University of ...
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Chapter 2<br />
conclusions, with regard to the completed characterization, defined the square<br />
antiprismatic properties <strong>of</strong> the coordination sphere. The average Nb-O(thd)<br />
bond distance was determined as 2.13 Å. This set the field for <strong>niobium</strong> β-<br />
diketonate research for the future. Comparisons were made with a similar<br />
zirconium complex <strong>and</strong> were found to be not isomorphous.<br />
2.6.1.2 [Nb(hfacac)4]<br />
Figure 2.3: Structure <strong>of</strong> [Nb(thd)4].<br />
In 1998 Calderazzo et al. 58 published a structure for the 4-coordinated<br />
1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetonato (hfacac) <strong>niobium</strong> complex. The <strong>study</strong><br />
involved characterization by means <strong>of</strong> X-ray crystallography <strong>and</strong> an<br />
investigation into the electronic structure by means <strong>of</strong> electron paramagnetic<br />
resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Comparison was made between the two<br />
similar compounds <strong>of</strong> <strong>niobium</strong> <strong>and</strong> zirconium (M(hfacac)4, M = Nb, Zr). X-ray<br />
crystallography revealed that both compounds had a square antiprismatic<br />
coordination at the metal with an average M-O(hfacac) bond distance <strong>of</strong> 2.12 Å<br />
for Nb <strong>and</strong> 2.18 Å for Zr. The EPR investigation obtained the point <strong>of</strong><br />
symmetry at the paramagnetic centre for both <strong>complexes</strong>.<br />
58 F. Calderazzo, U. Englert, C. Maichle-Mossmer, F. Marchetti, G. Pampaloni, D. Petroni, C. Pinzino, J. Strahle,<br />
G. Tripepi, Inorg. Chim. Acta., 270, 177, 1998.<br />
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