- Vanadium carbonyl
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Name = Vanadium carbonyl
ImageFile = V(CO)6.png
ImageSize = 200px
ImageName = Vanadium carbonyl
IUPACName = hexacarbonylvanadium(0)
OtherNames = vanadium carbonyl
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASNo = 20644-87-5
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Section2 = Chembox Properties
Formula = C6O6V
MolarMass = 219.00 g/mol
Appearance = blue-green crystals
yellow solutions
Density =
Solubility = insoluble
Solvent = other solvents
SolubleOther = 5 g/Lhexane ; more soluble indichloromethane
MeltingPt = decomp
BoilingPt = sublimes 50 °C (15 mm Hg)
Section3 = Chembox Structure
Coordination = octahedral
CrystalStruct =orthorhombic
Dipole = 0 D
Section7 = Chembox Hazards
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MainHazards = CO source
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Section8 = Chembox Related
Function = compounds
OtherFunctn = Cr(CO)6, [V(CO)6] -, VCl3Vanadium carbonyl, also known as vanadium hexacarbonyl, is the
chemical compound with the formula V(CO)6. This highly reactive species is noteworthy from theoretical and scholarly perspectives. It is a rare isolablehomoleptic metal carbonyl that is paramagnetic. Most species with the formula Mx(CO)y follow the 18e rule, whereas V(CO)6 has 17 valence electrons. [C. Elschenbroich, A. Salzer ”Organometallics : A Concise Introduction” (2nd Ed) (1992) from Wiley-VCH: Weinheim. ISBN 3-527-28165-7]ynthesis
Traditionally V(CO)6 is prepared in two-steps via the intermediacy of [V(CO)6]
− . In the first step, VCl3 is reduced with metallicsodium under 200 atm CO at 160 °C. The solvent for this reduction is typicallydiglyme , CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OCH3. This triether solubilizes sodium salts, akin to the behavior of acrown ether ::4 Na + VCl3 + 6 CO + 2 diglyme → [Na(diglyme)2] [V(CO)6] + 3 NaClAn improved low pressure synthesis has been developed. [Liu, X.; Ellis, J. E.; "Hexacarbonylvanadate(1− ) and Hexacarbonylvanadium(0)" Inorganic Syntheses 2004, volume 34, pages 96-103. ISBN 0-471-64750-0]Reactions
The most characteristic reaction for V(CO)6 is a thermally sensitive material. Its primary reaction is reduction to the monoanion [V(CO)6] -, salts of which are well studied. It is also susceptible to substitution by tertiary
phosphine ligands, often leading todisproportionation .V(CO)6 reacts with sources of the
cyclopentadienyl anion to give the orange-coloured complex (C5H5)V(CO)4 (m.p. 136 °C). Like many charge-neutral organometallic compounds, this half-sandwich species is volatile. In the original preparation of this species, C5H5HgCl was employed as the source of C5H5.tructure
V(CO)6 adopts an
octahedral coordination geometry. High resolution X-ray crystallography indicates that the molecule is slightly distorted with two (trans) shorter V-C distances of 1.993 (2) vs. four (equatorial) 2.005 (2) Å. [Bellard, S.; Rubinson, K. A.; Sheldrick, G. M. "Crystal and molecular structure of vanadium hexacarbonyl" Acta Crystallographica1979. volume B35, pages 271-274 doi|10.1107/S0567740879003332] Such a distortion could be due to aJahn-Teller effect .References
Further reading
* Original synthesis: Calderazzo, F.; Ercoli, R., "Synthesis of V(CO)6 and Hexacarbonyl Vanadates" Chimica e l'Industria 1962, volume 44, 990-6.
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