The structure of aqua-hydroxo double salts

Michael Ardon*, Avi Bino, W. Gregory Jackson

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Abstract

The preparation and structure of two so-called aqua-hydroxo double salts of cobalt(III) are reported. X-ray structural analysis showed the compounds not to be double salts of two distinct mononuclear cations but to contain one binuclear cation in which the two equivalent cobalt atoms are bridged by a hydrogen oxide ligand (μ-H3O2). Compound 1, trans-{[Co(en)2NO2]2(H3O2)}(C1O4)3·2H2O forms monoclinic crystals, space group P21/n, with a = 12.098(2) Å, b = 8.981(1) Å, c = 14.415(2) Å, β = 93.39(2)°, V = 1563(1) Å3 and Z = 2. Compound 2, trans-{[Co(en)2NCS]2(H3O2)}(CF3SO3)3·H2O forms triclinic crystals, space group P1 with a = 12.864(2) Å, b = 14.429(2) Å, c = 11. 177(1) Å, α = 105.21(3)°, β = 100.33(2)°, γ = 65.96(2)°, V = 1822(1) Å3 and Z = 2. The two structures were refined by least-squares methods to residuals of R = 0.077, Rw = 0.087 and R = 0.063, Rw = 0.069, respectively. In 1, the dimer resides on a crystallographic inversion center and the O⋯O separation in the H3O2 bridge is 2.412(9) Å. In 2 there is no crystallographic symmetry imposed upon the dimer but the two CoO(H3O2) distances are identical within the experimental error. The O⋯O length in the H3O2 unit is 2.415(6) Å.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)181-187
Number of pages7
JournalPolyhedron
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

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