mer-Triammine trifluorido vanadium(III), mer-[VF3(NH3)3]: synthesis and crystal structure

Abstract

Abstract Vanandium trifluoride reacts with dry liquid ammonia under the formation of lilac plate-shaped crystals of mer-triammine trifluorido vanadium(III) (1), mer-[VF3(NH3)3]. Single-crystal X-ray analysis was carried out at low temperature to elucidate the structure. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with a = 5.7284(4), b = 9.2033(5), c = 10.5271(6) Å, β = 91.795(6)°, and V = 554.72(6) Å3 at 123 K with Z = 4. The discrete [VF3(NH3)3] molecules are interconnected by hydrogen bonds.