As with the oxo-bridged complex, the structure of the hydroxo-bridged dimer also contains solvate molecules, but
of THF instead of acetonitrile. In contrast to the former structure, in which nonspecific "packing forces" are responsible for
inclusion of the solvent, the THF oxygen forms a short direct hydrogen bond to the bridge proton. Crystals
of the hydroxo-bridged complex grown from diethyl ether and acetonitrile also show similar interactions between
dimeric complex and included solvent.
Literature reference: Bond, M. R., Czernuszewicz, R. S., Dave, B. C., Mohan, M., Verastgue, R., and Carrano, C. J. "Spectroscopic and Magnetostructural Correlations in Oxo-Bridged Dinuclear Vanadium(III) Complexes of
Potential Biological Significance" Inorg. Chem. 1995, 34, 5857-5869.
Companion Structure: [(HB(pz)3(mu-CH3CH2CO2)V]2O.4CH3CN
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