A product formed from glycylglycine in the presence of vanadate and hydrogen peroxide: The (glycylde-N-hydroglycinato-kappa N-3(2),N-N,O-1)oxoperoxovanadate(V) anion

A crystalline glycylglycine complex of monoperoxovanadate has been obtained and its X-ray structure determined. The coordination is pentagonal bipyramidal with the peroxo group and a tridentate glycylglycine occupying the equatorial positions. The axial positions of the anion are occupied by the oxo ligand and by one oxygen of the peroxo group of the adjacent anion. The latter interaction establishes the seventh bond and produces a dimeric structure in the crystalline material. NMR studies of its dissolution in water combined with previously reported results from equilibrium measurements show that the dimer dissociates in water to the monomeric precursor. It is proposed that this monomer corresponds to the complex responsible for the inhibition of the vanadium-catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by glycylglycine. Crystal structure of [NEt(4)][VO(O-2)(GlyGly)]. 1.58H(2)O: monoclinic, space group P2(1); Z = 4; a = 20.618(2) Angstrom; b = 14.803(2) Angstrom; c = 11.809(2) Angstrom; beta = 101.37(2)degrees; V = 1819.7 Angstrom(3); T = 198 K; R(F) = 0.029 for 2664 data (I-o greater than or equal to 2.5 sigma(I-o)) and 431 variables.