Structure and Stability of a Linear Trinuclear Cobalt(II) Complex: Co3(PhCH=CHCO2)6(bpy)2 - 韩磊课题组

A trinuclear cobalt(II) complex, [Co3(PhCH=CHCO2)6(bpy)2] (1) (bpy = 2,2-bipyridine), was synthesized and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 with cell parameters: a = 11.347(6), b = 11.471(6), c = 14.247(8) Å , α = 69.503(9), β = 74.211(9), γ = 76.812(11)°, V = 1653.2(15) Å3, Z = 1, and R1(F) = 0.026, wR2(F2) = 0.138. Complex 1 has a linear arrangement of three Co(II) centers bridged by six cinnamate carboxylate groups, four of which function in a bidentate syn-syn fashion linking the peripheral Co2 atoms, and two as both bidentate bridging and bidentate chelating units. The Co1 atom is located on a crystallographic inversion center and exhibits a slightly distorted octahedral coordination geometry, while the terminal Co atoms (Co2 and Co2#1) have a significantly distorted octahedral environment. Hydrogen bonding interactions and π-π stacking interactions stabilize the structure