Synthesis, spectral and structural characterization of vanadium lactate, malate and citrate with large counter cation

Vanadium lactate, malate and citrate [Ni(phen)3]2[VV2O4(lact)2]Cl2·20H2O·2EtOH (1), [Ni(phen)3][VIVO(mal)(phen)]Cl·14H2O (2) and [Ni(phen)3]2[VIV2O2(Hcit)(cit)]Cl·17H2O (3) (H2lact = lactic acid, H3mal = malic acid, H4cit = citric acid, and phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) have been obtained with large counter cation [Ni(phen)3]2+. In mononuclear complex 2, vanadium atom exists in a distorted octahedral environment. The distance of V–O bond...