Vanadium complexes incorporating the (beta)-diketiminato ligand L. Syntheses and structures of LV(OSO2CF3)2 and LVPPh2

The reaction of LLi (where L =N,Nʹ-bis(2-diethylaminoethyl)-2,4-pentanediimine-ate(-1)) with VCl3·3THF yielded LVCl2, which was characterized by EI-MS and elemental analysis. Subsequent reactions of LVCl2 with AgOSO2CF3 and KPPh2 afforded two new complexes, LV(OSO2CF3)2 and LVPPh2 which were characterized by 19F, 31P NMR spectroscopy, EI-MS, elemental analysis, and single crystal X-ray structural analysis.