Crystal structure and characterization of the bis(n-benzyl-benzotriazole-n3)-dichloro Co(II) complex: CoCl2(C6H4N3CH2Ph)2

The structure of CoCl₂(C₆H₄N₃CH₂Ph)₂] has been determined by X-ray crystallography. It is also characterized by elemental analysis, IR and electronic spectroscopy, and by thermogravimetric differential thermal analysis. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group C2/c, with lattice parameters a = 16.133(3) , b = 11.355(2) , c = 15.637(3) , = 117.22(3)°, and Z = 8. The crystal structure of the title compound consists of monomeric molecules of CoCl₂(C₆H₄N₃CH₂Ph)₂] with slightly distorted tetrahedron geometry for the CoCl₂N₂ chromophore. The thermal gravimetry (TG) data indicate that there are four decomposition steps with five endothermic peaks. The final product of the thermal decomposition is CoCl₂. Elemental analysis and the electronic and IR spectra are in agreement with the structural data.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by F. Jian, H. Wang, and H. XiaoTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 723–728, July–August, 2004.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.