Two scandium–biuret complexes: [Sc(C2H5N3O2)(H2O)5]Cl3·H2O and [Sc(C2H5N3O2)4](NO3)3

The scandium(III) cations in the structures of pentaaqua(biuret‐κ²O,O′)scandium(III) trichloride monohydrate, [Sc(C₂H₅N₃O₂)(H₂O)₅]Cl₃·H₂O, (I), and tetrakis(biuret‐κ²O,O′)scandium(III) trinitrate, [Sc(C₂H₅N₃O₂)₄](NO₃)₃, (II), are found to adopt very different coordinations with the same biuret ligand. The roles of hydrogen bonding and the counter‐ion in the establishment of the structures are described. In (I), the Sc³⁺ cation adopts a fairly regular pentagonal bipyramidal coordination geometry arising from one O,O′‐bidentate biuret molecule and five water molecules. A dense network of N—H...Cl, O—H...O and O—H...Cl hydrogen bonds help to establish the packing, resulting in dimeric associations of two cations and two water molecules. In (II), the Sc³⁺ cation (site symmetry 2) adopts a slightly squashed square‐antiprismatic geometry arising from four O,O′‐bidentate biuret molecules. A network of N—H...O hydrogen bonds help to establish the packing, which features [010] chains of cations. One of the nitrate ions is disordered about an inversion centre. Both structures form three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bond networks.     

Kristallstrukturen des Sr(BrO3)2 · H2O,Ba(BrO3)2 · H2O,Ba(IO3)2 · H2O,Pb(CIO3)2 · H2O und Pb(BrO3)2 · H2O

Crystal Structure of Sr(BrO₃)₂ · H₂O, Ba(BrO₃)₂ · H₂O, Ba(IO₃)₂ · H₂O, Pb(ClO₃)₂ · H₂O, and Pb(BrO₃)₂ · H₂O The crystall structures of the isostructural halates Sr(BrO₃)₂ · H₂O, Ba(BrO₃)₂ · H₂O, Ba(IO₃)₂ · H₂O, Pb(ClO₃)₂ · H₂O, and Pb(BrO₃)₂ · H₂O were determined using X-ray single crystal data (monoclinic space group C2/c? C, Z = 4), The mean bond lengths and bond angles of the halate ions in the Ba(ClO₃)₂ · 1 H₂O-type compounds, which correspond to those of other halates, are Cl? O, 149.0, Br? O, 165.9, I? O, 180.2 pm, ClO₃^?, 106.4, BrO₃^?, 104.0, and IO₃^?, 99.6°. The structure data obtained are discussed in terms of possible orientational disorder of the water molecules, strengths of the hydrogen bonds, influence of the lead ions on the structure, and site group distortion of the halate ions.