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metal-organic compounds
In the title compound, [VO(C6H10N2O4)(H2O)], the V atom is situated in a distorted octahedral geometry. The ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetate (edda) ligand coordinates to the vanadium center in the symmetric α-cis fashion, which differs from the β-cis coordination mode in (NH4)[VO2(edda)] in the solid state. The distance from the vanadium center to the N atom trans to the oxo ligand is significantly elongated as a result of a strong trans influence of the oxo ligand.