Synthesis and Structural Characterization of [(C_2H_5)_4N][V^((V))O_2(OC_6H_3(OCH_3)CHNNCSNH_2)]·H_2O

The reaction of tetraethylammonium metavanadate, （Et4N）VO3, with isovanillin semithiocarbazone（VSTC）, HOC6H3（OCH3）CH=NNHCSNH2, in a mixed solvent of ethanol, water and DMSO yields the mononuclear dioxovanadate（V） complex, [（C2H5）4N][V（V）O2 （OC6H3- （OCH3）CHNNCSNH2）](H2O （C17H31N4O5SV, Mr = 454.5） and its single-crystal structure has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to orthorhombic space group P212121 with unit cell parameters a = 12.940（3）, b= 15.414（3）, c = 10.703（2） ?, V = 2134.8（11） ?3, Z=4, Dcalc = 1.414 Kg/m3, ( = 0.597 mm-1, and F（000） = 960. The final agreement factors are R = 0.076 and Rw=0.096 for 1600 observed independent reflections with F ≥4.0(（F）. The structure revealed that the vanadium atom is bound to two terminal oxygen atoms and one tridentate donor ligand in a distorted square pyramidal arrangement. The sulphur-nitrogen-oxygen donor Schiff-base ligand in the thiol form rather than the thione form is coordinated to the vanadium via the mercapto sulphur, the (-nitrogen and the hydroxylate oxygen.