Structures of transition and alkaline earth metal salts of 5-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate and 6-aminonaphthalene-1, 3-disulfonate: Some unusual coordination behaviors

Salts of 5-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate with divalent Mg, Mn, Co, and Ni cations have been crystallized and their structures determined by single crystal X-ray methods. The Mg, Mn, and Co salts are isostructural. Crystal data for hexaaquamagnesium(II) 5-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate hexahydrate, [Mg(H₂O)₆](H₂NC₁₀H₆SO₃)₂·6H₂O: monoclinic, P2₁/c, Z=2, a=14.1329(18) ?, b=8.5789(11) ?, c=12.4880(17) ?, β=93.374(3)°, V=1511.5(3) ?³; hexaaquamanganese(II) 5-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate hexahydrate, [Mn(H₂O)₆](H₂NC₁₀H₆SO₃)₂·6H₂O: monoclinic, P2₁/c, Z=2, a=14.249(3) ?, b=8.5940(17) ?, c=12.505(3) ?, β=93.30(3)°, V=1528.8(6) ?³; hexaaquacobalt(II) 5-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonate hexahydrate, [Co(H₂O)₆](H₂NC₁₀H₆SO₃)₂·6H₂O: monoclinic, P2₁/c, Z=2, a=14.1406(18) ?, b=8.5674(11) ?, c=12.4960(16) ?, β=93.297(2)°, V=1511.4(3) ?³. The structures are composed of alternating layers of octahedral metal–aqua complexes and sulfonate anions linked by hydrogen bonds. The three water molecules of crystallization are associated with the hexaaquametal cations and sulfonate O atoms. The repeat unit along the a-axis is a single layer. The Ni salt [crystal data for tetraaquabis(5-aminonaphthalene-2-sulfonato-N)nickel(II) dihydrate, [Ni(H₂O)₄(H₂NC₁₀H₆SO₃)₂]·2H₂O: triclinic, , Z=1, a=6.8524(10) ?, b=8.3094(12) ?, c=11.4832(17) ?, α=69.003(2)°, β=76.570(3)°, γ=83.952(2)°, V=593.56(15) ?³] has a very different structure with direct coordination of the amine N atom to Ni, a modified stacking pattern, and fewer free water molecules. Ag and Ni salts of an amine-substituted naphthalenedisulfonate have also been characterized. Crystal data for diaqua(6-ammonionaphthalene-1,3-disulfonato-O)silver(I) hydrate,[Ag(H₂O)₂(H₃NC₁₀H₅(SO₃)₂)]·0.42H₂O: monoclinic, P2₁/c, Z=2, a=9.099(3) ?, b=21.406(6) ?, c=7.629(2) ?, β=110.178(4)°, V=1394.9(7) ?³; tetraaquabis (6-ammonionaphthalene-1,3-disulfonato-O)nickel(II)tetrahydrate, [Ni(H₂O)₄(H₂NC₁₀H₅ (SO₃)₂)₂]·4H₂O: triclinic,, Z=1, a=6.7971(17) ?, b=10.661(3) ?, c=11.165(3) ?, α=68.308(4)°, β=88.292(5)°, γ=84.896(5)°, V=748.8(3) ?³. The silver salt contains six coordinate metal centers each of which bonds to four sulfonate O atoms from three different anions and two water molecules. The nickel salt contains octahedral cations with four water molecules and two trans sulfonate O atoms. Both structures are layered, but differently from each other and from those of the monofunctional naphthalenesulfonate salts.Unusual coordination of a sulfonate group to a transition metal and coordination of an amine group to nickel but not to cobalt or manganese have been observed in a series of metal aminonaphthalenesulfonate salts