Redetermination of the Niobium(V) Precursor, [NbCl₅(NCCH₃)]

Abstract:

The monomeric coordination compound pentachloro(acetonitrile)niobium(V), [NbCl₅(NCCH₃)], (NCCH₃ = acetonitrile) has been prepared under aerobic conditions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. [NbCl₅(NCCH₃)] crystallized in the monoclinic spacegroup P2₁/c with a = 5.964 (3), b = 9.888 (5), c = 15.448 (9) and β = 98.224 (2). Comparison is made to a previously published isomorphous complex that was prepared under unaerobic conditions.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1019)
• Pages: 412-418
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1019.412
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Leandra Herbst*, Hendrik G. Visser, Andreas Roodt
• Keywords: Acetonitrile, Coordination, Isomorphous, Niobium

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