Synthesis, crystal structure, EPR, and DFT studies of an unusually distorted vanadium(II) complex.
Philip CharlesMallory E GaspardSantiago ÁlvarezMicah S ZieglerAmgalanbaatar BaldansurenWilliam H ArmstrongK V LakshmiPeter J BonitatibusPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2022)
We report the synthesis and structure of the most highly distorted four-coordinate d 3 ion known to date that also serves as the second known example of a bis(biphenolato) transition metal complex. We demonstrate the application of density functional theory to calculate the magnetic parameters derived from the experimental and simulated EPR spectra.