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Title: Crystal structure of di-μ-hydroxido-κ 4 O : O -bis[bis(acetylacetonato-κ 2 O , O ')cobalt(III)]

Abstract

The dinuclear title complex, [Co2(C5H7O2)4(μ-OH)2] or [Co(acac)2(μ-OH)]2, where acac is acetylacetonate, is centrosymmetric with half of the molecule per asymmetric unit. The molecular structure is a dimer of octahedrally coordinated CoIIIatoms with four O atoms from two chelating acac ligands and two O atoms from bridging hydroxide ligands. The crystal packing features weak C—H...O interactions between neighboring molecules, leading to the formation of chains normal to theacplane. The hydroxide H atoms are not involved in hydrogen bonding because of the bulky acac ligands. This is the first crystal structure reported of a dimeric transition metal bis-acac complex with OH-as the bridging group.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemical Sciences
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1630040
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-90ER14146
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 71; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2056-9890
Publisher:
International Union of Crystallography
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Richers, Casseday P., Bertke, Jeffery A., and Rauchfuss, Thomas B. Crystal structure of di-μ-hydroxido-κ 4 O : O -bis[bis(acetylacetonato-κ 2 O , O ')cobalt(III)]. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1107/S2056989015013663.
Richers, Casseday P., Bertke, Jeffery A., & Rauchfuss, Thomas B. Crystal structure of di-μ-hydroxido-κ 4 O : O -bis[bis(acetylacetonato-κ 2 O , O ')cobalt(III)]. United States. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015013663
Richers, Casseday P., Bertke, Jeffery A., and Rauchfuss, Thomas B. Wed . "Crystal structure of di-μ-hydroxido-κ 4 O : O -bis[bis(acetylacetonato-κ 2 O , O ')cobalt(III)]". United States. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015013663. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1630040.
@article{osti_1630040,
title = {Crystal structure of di-μ-hydroxido-κ 4 O : O -bis[bis(acetylacetonato-κ 2 O , O ')cobalt(III)]},
author = {Richers, Casseday P. and Bertke, Jeffery A. and Rauchfuss, Thomas B.},
abstractNote = {The dinuclear title complex, [Co2(C5H7O2)4(μ-OH)2] or [Co(acac)2(μ-OH)]2, where acac is acetylacetonate, is centrosymmetric with half of the molecule per asymmetric unit. The molecular structure is a dimer of octahedrally coordinated CoIIIatoms with four O atoms from two chelating acac ligands and two O atoms from bridging hydroxide ligands. The crystal packing features weak C—H...O interactions between neighboring molecules, leading to the formation of chains normal to theacplane. The hydroxide H atoms are not involved in hydrogen bonding because of the bulky acac ligands. This is the first crystal structure reported of a dimeric transition metal bis-acac complex with OH-as the bridging group.},
doi = {10.1107/S2056989015013663},
journal = {Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic Communications},
number = 8,
volume = 71,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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