“…[5,9,13,15,17Ϫ19,21,23] Owing to the fact that the oxygen atom O(3) of the methoxy group encounters the trans influence of the doubly bonded oxygen atom O(1), its distance to the vanadium atom is, as expected, the longest [2.3120 (15) 2 , where the aryloxy-and alkoxyalkoxides are pendant or bridging, respectively, [7,8,19] both groups in the compound reported here coordinate directly to a single vanadium centre. Although [VOCl 2 (OCH 2 CH 2 OPh)] was obtained by the corresponding reactions with 2-phenoxyethanol, both dichloro(oxo)vanadium compounds differ completely in their structures.…”