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Structure of di-μ-N-Phenylanthranilato-di-1, 5-cyclooctadiene dirhodium(I)

The reaction of [RhCl(COD)]₂ (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) with sodium N-phenylanthranilate leads to the formation of the new crystalline rhodium(I) complex [RhFA(COD)]₂ (FA = N-phenylanthranilate anion). The compound is a dimer with two N-phenylanthranilate ions bridging and COD ligands terminally bonded to rhodium with an Rh … Rh distance equal to 3.424(3) Å. Strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding occurs between the hydrogen of the NH group and the closest carbonyl oxygen in the FA ligands. The crystals are monoclinic, space group P2₁/c, with a = 11.246(8), b = 14.999(9), c = 21.82(2) Å, β = 105.11(6)°. The structure was solved by the heavy-atom method and refined by least squares to R = 0.035 for 4260 diffractometer data.