We present the crystal structures and spectral characterization of two glycolato peroxido complexes of vanadium(V) with divalent cations. Assignment of their experimental infrared and Raman solid-state spectra was corroborated by gas-phase and periodic density functional calculations.
First, the conventional BP86, PBE, and B3LYP exchange-correlation functionals were applied; their long-range-corrected variants LC-BP86 and CAM-B3LYP were subsequently utilized to evaluate their applicability in reproducing the solid-state structures and spectroscopic properties of the [V2O2(O-2)(2)(C2H2O3)(2)](2-) anion. Band assignments are presented in terms of potential energy distribution contributions.
The structure of [Zn(H2O)(6)][V2O2(O-2)(2)(C2H2O3)(2)] . 2H2O obtained in solid state using the PBE functional is in very good agreement with the X-ray single-crystal structure. Computed vibrational frequencies and infrared intensities provided a satisfactory fit for the observed spectrum.
V-51 NMR chemical shifts were calculated using optimized gas-phase geometries with the GIAO approach employing the B3PW91 functional, and they were correlated with experimentally observed shift measured for the aqueous solutions.