NMR study of the [VO(O2)2F]2− ion in solution: Synthesis, vibrational spectra and crystal structure of [NH3CH2CH2NH3][VO(O2)2F]

The presence of the [VO(O2)2F]2− ion in an aqueous solution gives rise to a doublet (δ = −714 ppm, JVF = 163 ± 3 Hz) in the 51V NMR, and a multiplet (δ = −160 ppm, Δν1/2 = 1163 Hz) in the 19F NMR spectrum. The formation of this species is enhanced in formamide solutions. The ethane-1,2-diammonium(2+) fluorooxodiperoxovanadate, [NH3CH2CH2NH3][VO(O2)2F], was prepared from aqueous solution and characterized by elemental analysis, and IR and Raman spectroscopies. The complex crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca with eight formula units in a cell of dimensions: a = 9.2690(4), b = 8.8321(5) and c = 16.7605(8) Å. The complex anion has a rare pentagonal pyramidal structure with a very weak intermolecular interaction d(V⋯O) = 2.8730(12) Å between the vanadium atom and the double-bonded oxygen atom from the adjacent anion.