Hydrothermal Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two New Mixed-valence Vanadium Oxides [Ni(en)2(H2O)2][Ni(en)3]2[V16O38Cl] · 3(H2O) and (H3O)2V3O8
Two vanadium oxides [Ni(en)2(H2O)2][Ni(en)3]2[V16O38Cl] ・3(H2O) (1) (en = ethylenediamine) and (H3O)2 V3O8 (2) were hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. 1 consists of [Ni(en)2(H2O)2]2+ and [Ni(en)3]2+ cations, discrete [V16O38Cl]6− cluster anions and H2O molecules, while 2 consists of anionic mixed-valent V5+/V4+ vanadium oxide layers constructed from pairs of corner-sharing VVO4 tetrahedra and VIVO5 square pyramids, with H3O+ cations occupying the interlayer space. Both 1 and 2 were synthesized under the same reaction conditions but with different V/Ni molar ratios, which shows that the reactant stoichiometry of the system plays a key role in the formation of different structures in the products.