Crystal structure of bis­[μ-2-(diiso­propyl­phosphor­yl)propan-2-olato-κ(3) O (1),O (2):O (1)]bis­[chlorido­oxidovanadium(IV)]

The dinuclear mol­ecule of the title complex, [VOCl{μ-OC(Me)(2)P(iPr)(2)-κ(2) O}](2) or [V(2)(C(9)H(20)O(2)P)(2)Cl(2)O(2)], which was obtained due to an unexpected oxidation reaction, is centrosymmetric, with the inversion centre located in the middle of the central V(2)O(2) core. These core O atoms arise from the symmetry-related 2-(diiso­propyl­phosphor­yl)propan-2-olate dianions. The V(IV) atom is additionally bonded to one terminal Cl ligand, the second O atom of the dianion and double bonded to a vanadyl O atom, leading to an overall distorted square-pyramidal VO(4)Cl coordination polyhedron with the vanadyl O atom as the apex. An intra­molecular C—H⋯Cl contact helps to establish the mol­ecular configuration. In the crystal, mol­ecules are stacked in rows parallel to [001] and are linked by C—H⋯Cl contacts to form chains running in the same direction.