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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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