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Chapter 4<br />

Table 4.1: General X-ray crystallographic data <strong>and</strong> refinement parameters <strong>of</strong> [NbCl(acac-κ 2 -<br />

O,O’)(OMe)3] (1), [Nb(acac-κ 2 -O,O’)(OEt)2(µ 2 -O)]4 (2) <strong>and</strong> the two structures from the same<br />

crystal, [NbCl(phacac-κ 2 -O,O’)(OMe)3] <strong>and</strong> [NbCl2(phacac-κ 2 -O,O’)(OMe)2] (3).<br />

Crystallographic<br />

data<br />

1. [NbCl(acac-κ 2 -O,O’)<br />

(OMe)3]<br />

61<br />

2. [Nb(acac-κ 2 -O,O’)<br />

(OEt)2(µ 2 -O)]4<br />

Empirical formula C8 Cl1 H16 Nb1 O5 C36 H68 Nb4 O20<br />

3. [NbCl(phacac-κ 2 -<br />

O,O’)(OMe)3] <strong>and</strong><br />

[NbCl2(phacac-κ 2 -<br />

O,O’)(OMe)2]<br />

C12.45 H16.35 Cl1.55 Nb1<br />

Formula weight (g<br />

mol-1)<br />

320.57 1192.54 385.06<br />

Crystal system Orthorhombic Monoclinic Monoclinic<br />

Temperature (K) 100 (2) 180(2) 180(2)<br />

Space group Pbca P21/c P21/c<br />

a, b, c (Å)<br />

12.296(4), 12.915(4),<br />

15.470(5)<br />

13.907(5), 12.662(4),<br />

21.354(5)<br />

O4.45<br />

15.307(4), 11.972(5),<br />

8.371(5)<br />

α, β, γ (°) 90, 90, 90 90, 136.982(13), 90 90, 95.432(5), 90<br />

Volume (Å 3 ) 2456.7(16) 2565.4(15) 1527.1(12)<br />

Z 8 2 4<br />

ρcalc (g cm -3 ) 1.733 1.544 1.675<br />

µ(mm -1 ) 1.20 0.938 1.068<br />

F(000) 1296 1216 776<br />

Crystal Colour Pale-yellow Colourless Yellow<br />

Crystal morphology Cuboid Cuboid Cuboid<br />

Crystal size (mm) 0.19x0.30x 0.36 0.48x0.32x0.27 0.21x0.27x0.39<br />

θ range (°) 2.64 to 28.35 3.22 to 28.00 2.98 to 27.9 9<br />

Completeness (%) 99.70 99.90 99.90<br />

Limiting indices<br />

-12

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