Unusual Formation of the Paramagnetic Complex (η4-C4Me4)CoI2(PhTeI) and Specific Features of Its Electronic, Molecular, and Crystal Structures

Yu V. Torubaev, I. V. Skabitskii, V. V. Minin, E. A. Ugolkova, P. V. Rusina, S. S. Shapovalov

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Abstract

Abstract: The 18-electron (η4-C4Me4)Co(CO)2TeI2Ph compound noticeably decomposes upon prolonged storage and also unusually transforms into the 17-electron (η4-C4Me4)CoI2(PhTeI) complex (I). The X-ray diffraction study of the molecular and crystal structures of complex I (CIF file CCDC no. 1991837) reveals interesting analogies with the molecular structures of the known metal complexes containing organotellurium halide ligands and with the crystal packing of the related one-component crystals of (η4-C4Me4)Co(СО)2TeI2Ph and (η4-C4Me4)Co(СО)2I and two-component crystals of (η4-C4Me4)Co(СО)2I–1,4-C6H4I2. An analysis of the crystal packing of molecules of complex I elucidates a new supramolecular synthone I···(η4-C4Me4) determining the structural motifs of self-assembly in complex I and related compounds (η4-C4Me4)Co(CO)2I, (η4-C4Me4)Co(CO)2I···1,4-C6H4I2, and (η4-C4Me4)Co(CO)2TeI2Ph. The EPR study of compound I shows that cobalt exists in the low-spin state with the total spin S = 1/2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)850-856
Number of pages7
JournalRussian Journal of Coordination Chemistry/Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya
Volume46
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • EPR
  • X-ray diffraction analysis
  • chalcogen bond
  • cobalt
  • cyclobutadiene
  • halogen bond
  • metal complexes
  • paramagnetism
  • self-assembly
  • supramolecular synthone
  • tellurium halides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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