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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 850-856 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Russian Journal of Coordination Chemistry/Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Dec 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
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