S-Methyl 3-((2-hydroxyphenyl)methyl)dithiocarbazate (H
2L
1) and its bromo derivative (H
2L
2), which are traditionallybiprotic tridentate (ONS) ligands, behave in an unprecedented manner when allowed to react with [VO(acac)
2]under an oxidative environment in acetonitrile-water medium containing a catalytic amount of alkali metal ion. Theproducts obtained are oxovanadium(V) compounds [VOL(L
cyclic)] (L = L
1,
1a, and L
2,
1b) that contain one moleculeof ligand which undergoes metal-induced cyclization to form a thiadiazole ring. Compound
1a crystallizes in thetriclinic space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
with
a = 9.1830(9) Å,
b = 9.4165(12) Å,
c = 12.700(2) Å,
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= 100.988(8)
o,
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=100.195(7)
o,
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= 78.774(8)
o,
V = 1046.3(2) Å
3, and
Z = 2. With cobalt(III), however, the products [CoL(HL)]·H
2O(L = L
1,
2a, and L
2,
2b) have hydrogen-bonded dimeric structures with each ligand virtually carrying 1.5 units ofnegative charge as confirmed by X-ray crystal structure analysis of
2a. It also crystallizes in triclinic space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
with
a = 12.0842(8) Å,
b = 13.5251(9) Å,
c = 14.1960(10) Å,
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= 78.122(6)
o,
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= 73.888(6)
o,
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= 78.255(6)
o,
V = 2154.7(3) Å
3, and
Z = 4. In solution,
2a is a symmetric molecule as indicated by
1H NMR, involving acharacteristic hydrogen-bonded O-H-O broad feature in the downfield (at 14.5 ppm) connecting both monoprotonated(LH
-) and deprotonated (L
2-) forms of the ligand-a situation somewhat analogous to the classic H-F-H case asobserved in bifluoride ion.