Thio­cyanates of nickel and caesium: Cs2NiAg2(SCN)6·2H2O and CsNi(SCN)3

The crystal structures of dicaesium nickel disilver hexa­thio­cyanate dihydrate, Cs₂NiAg₂(SCN)₆·2H₂O, (I), and caesium nickel tri­thio­cyanate, CsNi(SCN)₃, (II), have been determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction at 273 K. Compounds (I) and (II) are monoclinic, with P2₁/c and P2₁/n symmetry, respectively. In (I), the Ni atom lies on an inversion centre; in (II), there are two independent Ni atoms, each of which lies on an inversion centre. The coordination polyhedra and the bonding schemes in the structures are discussed.     

RbGa3(P3O10)2: a new gallium phosphate isotypic with RbAl3(P3O10)2

Rubidium trigallium bis(triphosphate), RbGa₃(P₃O₁₀)₂ has been synthesized by solid‐state reaction and studied by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction at room temperature. This compound is the first anhydrous gallium phosphate containing both GaO₄ tetra­hedra (Ga1) and GaO₆ octa­hedra (Ga2 and Ga3). The three independent Ga atoms are located on sites with imposed symmetry 2 (Wickoff positions 4a for Ga1 and 4b for Ga2 and Ga3). The GaO₄ and GaO₆ polyhedra are connected through the apices to triphosphate groups and form a three‐dimensionnal host lattice. This framework presents inter­secting tunnels running along the [001] and <110> directions, where the Rb²⁺ cations are located on sites with imposed symmetry 2 (Wickoff position 4a). The structure also exhibits remarkable features, such as infinite helical columns created by the junction of GaO₄ and PO₄ tetra­hedra.     

Hexafluoro­iodium(VII) hexa­fluoro­arsenate

The structure of hexa­fluoro­iodium(VII) hexa­fluoro­arsenate, IF₆AsF₆, has been determined by X‐ray diffraction using a single crystal grown from a saturated solution in anhydrous HF. IF₆AsF₆ crystallizes in the cubic space group Pa with a simple NaCl‐like ionic packing. The I and As atoms occupy the 4a and 4b Wyckoff positions, respectively, with symmetry.     

Polymeric potassium di­aqua­hexa‐μ‐cyano‐holmium(III)­ruthenium(II) dihydrate

The crystal structure of the title bimetallic cyanide‐bridged complex, {K[HoRu(CN)₆(H₂O)₂]·2H₂O}_n, was determined by means of single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction techniques. The coordination about the central holmium(III) ion is eightfold in a square‐antiprismatic arrangement, while the ruthenium(II) ion is octahedrally coordinated. Channels permeating the crystal lattice contain the potassium cations and two zeolitic water mol­ecules. The Ho^III and K atoms lie at sites with mm symmetry and the Ru atom is at a site with 2/m symmetry.     

Bis(acesulfamato‐κ2O4,N)bis­(3‐methyl­pyridine)copper(II)

In the crystal structure of the title compound {systematic name: bis­[6‐methyl‐1,2,3‐oxa­thia­zin‐4(3H)‐one 2,2‐dioxide(1−)‐κ²N³,O⁴]bis­(3‐meth­yl­pyridine)copper(II)}, [Cu(C₄H₄NO₄S)₂(C₆H₇N)₂], the Cu^II centre resides on a centre of symmetry and has an octa­hedral geometry that is distorted both by the presence of four‐membered chelate rings and because of the Jahn–Teller effect. The equatorial plane is formed by the N atoms of two methyl­pyridine ligands and by the more basic O atoms of the acesulfamate ligands, while the weakly basic N atoms of these ligands are in elongated axial positions with a misdirected valence. The crystal is stabilized by two inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions involving the methyl and CH groups, and the sulfonyl O atoms of the acesulfamate group.     

Iron(III) dihydrogenphosphate(I)

The structure of rhombohedral (R) iron(III) tris­[di­hydrogen­phosphate(I)] or iron(III) hypophosphite, Fe(H₂PO₂)₃, has been determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. The structure consists of [001] chains of Fe³⁺ cations in octa­hedral sites with symmetry bridged by bidentate hypophosphite anions.     

(S)‐Tricarbonyl[(1,2,3,4‐η)‐(5R,6S)‐1‐chloro‐5,6‐dimethoxycyclohexa‐1,3‐diene]iron(0)

The title compound, [Fe(C₈H₁₁ClO₂)(CO)₃], has been synthesized, isolated and characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. The mol­ecule crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁. The metal–ligand arrangement is typical of (1,3‐diene)­tri­carbonyl­iron complexes.     

Pseudo‐merohedrally twinned tetra­kis­(1H‐imidazole‐κN3)bis­(N‐nitro­cyanamidato‐κN)copper(II)

Crystals of the title complex, [Cu(CN₃O₂)₂(C₃H₄N₂)₄], the structure of which has been determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction at 304 K, appear to be pseudo‐merohedrally twinned. Transformation to a monoclinic C‐centred cell was necessary in order to derive the twin law. Twin refinement in a triclinic unit cell significantly reduced the R value. The asymmetric unit of the triclinic cell consists of one mol­ecule in a general position and two half entities with the Cu atom on a centre of inversion. The coordination of the Cu atom is quasi‐octa­hedral, with four imidazole N‐atom donors in the equatorial plane and two cyano N atoms from the N‐nitro­cyanamidate anion in axial positions. Owing to symmetry in the centrosymmetric mol­ecules, the trans imidazole ligands are parallel, while those in the non‐centrosymmetric mol­ecule make angles of 22.8 (2) and 77.9 (2)°.     

Enantiomeric bis(μ‐N,N′‐hexamethylenedisalicylaldiminato)dicopper(II) complexes

The title dimeric complex, bis{μ‐2,2′‐[hexane‐1,6‐diyl­bis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]­diphenolato‐1:2κ⁴O,N:N′,O′}dicopper(II),[Cu₂(C₂₀H₂₂N₂O₂)₂], has been investigated by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction, by thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, and also by FT–IR spectroscopy. Different synthetic and crystallization procedures gave crystals which were quite different in appearance, and it was initially thought that these were different polymorphic forms. Subsequent structure determination showed, in fact, serendipitous preparation of crystals in the P4₁ space group by one method and in space group P4₃ by the other. In these enantiomorphic structures, the Cu atoms have a distorted flattened tetrahedral coordination, with Cu—N and Cu—O distances in the ranges 1.954 (4)–1.983 (4) and 1.887 (4)–1.903 (4) Å, respectively.     

6‐(3,4‐Di­fluoro­benzoyl)‐3‐[2‐(4‐pyridyl)­ethyl]‐1,3‐benzo­thia­zol‐2(3H)‐one

A new type of benzo­thia­zolinone derivative with potential pharmacological activity, viz. 6‐(3,4‐di­fluoro­benzoyl)‐3‐[2‐(4‐pyridyl)­ethyl]‐1,3‐benzo­thia­zol‐2(3H)‐one, C₂₁H₁₄F₂N₂O₂S, has been prepared and studied by NMR, IR and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction techniques. The mol­ecule is not planar, the pyridine and di­fluoro­benzene moieties being located above and below the benzo­thia­zole ring system. The carbonyl O atoms are involved in an intramolecular hydrogen‐bond‐type interaction.     

Ferroelastic n‐propyl­ammonium dihydrogenphosphate

n‐Propyl­ammonium di­hydrogenphosphate, C₃H₇NH₃⁺·­H₂PO₄^?, crystals are ferroelastic at room temperature. The phase transition into the prototypic phase takes place at approximately 378 K. All atoms except two H atoms are linked by the lost symmetry operations derived from the prototypic space group P2/b2₁/n2₁/a. Each of these two different H atoms is involved in an asymmetric hydrogen bond between an oxy­gen pair. Ferroelastic switching is concomitant with jumps of these H atoms from the donor to the acceptor O atoms. The compound belongs to the structural family of n‐alkyl­ammonium di­hydrogenphosphate and in particular to the structure type of pentyl­ammonium di­hydrogenphosphate, which differs by localization of alternating layers from the rest of the known alkyl­ammonium di­hydrogenphosphates. The crystal was slightly twinned; the proportion of the minor domain was approximately 3.5%.     

Mg2Na2V10O28·20H2O and Mg3V10O28·28H2O

The crystal structures of dimagnesium disodium decavanadate icosahydrate, Mg₂Na₂V₁₀O₂₈·20H₂O, (I), and trimagnesium decavanadate octacosahydrate, Mg₃V₁₀O₂₈·28H₂O, (II), have been determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. They crystallize with monoclinic (C2/c) and triclinic () symmetry, respectively. All the Mg²⁺ cations in (I) and (II) are octahedrally coordinated by six water mol­ecules. The Na⁺ cations in (I) are coordinated by three water mol­ecules and three O atoms of the decavanadate anions, and link the latter into a three‐dimensional network. The decavanadate anions in (II) are not linked to one another.     

[Pd8(CH3COO)8(NO)8]: solution from X‐ray powder diffraction data

The water‐insoluble title compound, octakis(μ‐acetato‐κ²O:O)­octakis(μ‐nitro­so‐κ²N:O)­octapalladium(II), [Pd₈(CH₃COO)₈(NO)₈], was precipitated as a yellow powder from a solution of palladium nitrate in nitric acid by adding acetic acid. Ab initio crystal structure determination was carried out using X‐ray powder diffraction techniques. Patterson and Fourier syntheses were used for atom locations, and the Rietveld technique was used for the final structure refinement. The crystal structure is of a molecular type. The skeleton of the [Pd₈(CH₃COO)₈(NO)₈] mol­ecule is con­structed as a tetragonal prism with Pd atoms at the vertices. The eight NO⁻ groups are in bridging positions along the horizontal edges of the prism. The N and O atoms of each nitro­so group coordinate two different Pd atoms. The vertical edges present Pd⋯Pd contacts with a short distance of 2.865 (1) Å. These Pd atoms are bridged by a pair of acetate groups in a cis orientation with respect to each other. The complex has crystallographically imposed 4/m symmetry; all C atoms of the acetate groups are on mirror planes. The unique Pd atom lies in a general position and has square‐planar coordination, consisting of three O and one N atom.     

Bis(acesulfamato‐κ2N3,O4)bis­(2‐amino­pyrimidine‐κN1)copper(II)

In the crystal structure of the title compound, bis­(2‐amino­pyrimidine‐κN¹)bis­[6‐meth­yl‐1,2,3‐oxathia­zin‐4(3H)‐one 2,2‐dioxide(1−)‐κ²N³,O⁴]copper(II), [Cu(C₄H₄NO₄S)₂(C₄H₅N₃)₂], the first mixed‐ligand complex of acesulfame, the Cu^II centre resides on a centre of symmetry and has an octa­hedral geometry that is distorted both by the presence of four‐membered chelate rings and by the Jahn–Teller effect. The equatorial plane is formed by the N atoms of two amino­pyrimidine (ampym) ligands and by the weakly basic carbonyl O atoms of the acesulfamate ligands, while the more basic deprotonated N atoms of these ligands are in the elongated axial positions with a strong misdirected valence. The crystal is stabilized by pyrimidine ring stacking and by inter­molecular hydrogen bonding involving the NH₂ moiety of the ampym ligand and the carbon­yl O atom of the acesulfamate moiety.     

A trichloro‐bridged binuclear ruthenium complex with 1,1,1‐tris(diphenylphosphinomethyl)ethane

The tri­chloro‐bridged dinuclear Ru^II complex tri‐μ‐chloro‐bis{[1,1,1‐tris­(di­phenyl­phosphino­methyl)­ethane‐κ³P,P′,P′′]ruthenium(II)} hexa­fluoro­phosphate ethanol solvate, [Ru₂Cl₃(tripod)₂]PF₆·C₂H₆O, containing the tripod [1,1,1‐tris­(di­phenyl­phosphino­methyl)­ethane, C₄₁H₃₉P₃] ligand, was unexpectedly obtained from the reaction of [Ru^IIICl₃(tripod)] with 1,4‐bis­(di­phenyl­phosphino)­butane (dppb), followed by pre­cipitation with NH₄PF₆. The magnetic moment of the compound at room temperature indicates that the dinuclear [Ru₂(μ‐Cl)₃(tripod)₂]⁺ cation is diamagnetic. A single‐crystal X‐ray structure determination revealed that the two Ru atoms are bridged by the three Cl atoms. The coordination sphere of each Ru atom is completed by the three P atoms of a tripod ligand. The two P₃Ru units are exactly eclipsed, while the bridging Cl atoms are staggered with respect to the six P atoms. The Ru⋯Ru distance is 3.3997 (7) Å and the mean Cl—Ru—Cl bond angle is 77.7°.     

3,4‐Bis[(4‐methoxy­benzo­yl)methyl­sulfanyl]thio­phene

A new type of thio­phene derivative having α‐thio­ketone groups at the 3‐ and 4‐positions, viz. the title compound, C₂₂H₂₀O₄S₃, has been prepared and studied by NMR spectroscopy and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction techniques. The mol­ecule is nearly planar, the dihedral angles between the essentially planar thio­phene and benzene rings being 9.4 (1) and 10.6 (1)°. One of the thio­ketone O atoms is involved in an inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen‐bonding inter­action.     

Ferroelastic n‐butyl­ammonium dihydrogen­phosphate

Crystals of n‐butyl­ammonium di­hydrogenphosphate, C₄H₉NH₃⁺·H₂PO₄^?, reveal ferroelasticity at room temperature and a number of phase transitions when heated up to approximately 373 K. Some of these phase transitions show hysteresis effects. All atoms except two H atoms exist in pairs linked by the lost symmetry operations derived from the prototypic space group P2/b2₁/n2₁/a. Each of these two different H atoms is involved in an asymmetric hydrogen bond between an oxy­gen pair. Ferroelastic switching is concomitant with jumps of these hydrogen species from donor to acceptor O atoms. The studied structure belongs to the structural family of n‐hexyl‐ to n‐decyl­ammonium di­hydrogenphosphates and differs by localization of alternating layers from n‐propyl‐ and n‐pentyl­ammonium di­hydrogenphosphates. The studied crystal was slightly twinned; the minor domain constituted approximately 2%.     

Mixed‐chalcogenide double‐butterfly complex [{(CO)6Fe2SSe}2{μ‐­C(H)—C(H)}]

Bubbling acetyl­ene gas slowly through a methanol solution of [(CO)₆Fe₂{μ‐SSe}] containing sodium acetate for 48 h at room temperature yields the double‐butterfly complex μ‐[ethane‐1,1,2,2‐tetra(selenido/sulfido)]bis[hexacarbonyldiiron(Fe—Fe)], [Fe₄(C₂H₂S₂Se₂)(CO)₁₂]. The molecular structure was established by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction techniques. The structure consists of two Fe₂SSe butterfly units linked to each other through a bridging HC—CH group. The mol­ecule has twofold symmetry and the two Fe atoms have distorted octahedral geometries.     

catena‐Poly[tris(ethylenediamine‐κ2N,N′)nickel(II) [[trithiocyanato‐κ3N‐sodium(I)]‐μ‐aqua‐κ2O:O]]

The title complex, {[Ni(C₂H₈N₂)₃][Na(NCS)₃(H₂O)]}_n, con­sists of discrete [Ni(en)₃]²⁺ dications (en is ethyl­enedi­amine) and polymeric [(H₂O)_0.5Na(NCS)₃(H₂O)_0.5]_n^2n? anions. The compound crystallizes in space group Pc1. The Ni^II atom lies on a threefold axis and has a distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The Na⁺ cation also lies on a site with imposed crystallographic threefold symmetry and is coordinated by the thio­cyanate N atoms (the thio­cyanates are in general posi­tions), by one water mol­ecule with crystallographically imposed 32 symmetry and by a second water mol­ecule with crystallographically imposed symmetry. The unique Na atom thus has trigonal–bipyramidal coordination. The O atoms of the water mol­ecules bridge the Na⁺ cations to form one‐dimensional polymeric chains in the crystal structure. The [Ni(en)₃]²⁺ dications are distributed around and between the chains and are linked to them via N—H?S hydrogen bonds.     

K2[Mo2O4(C2O4)2(H2O)2]·3H2O

The crystal and molecular structure of dipotassium di‐μ‐oxo‐bis[aqua(oxalato‐O¹,O²)oxomolybdenum(III)] trihydrate, K₂­[Mo₂O₄(C₂O₄)₂(H₂O)₂]·3H₂O, has been determined from X‐ray diffraction data. In the dimeric anion, which has approximate twofold symmetry, each Mo atom is in a distorted octahedral coordination, being bonded to one terminal oxo‐O atom, two bridging O atoms, two O atoms from the oxalato ligand and one from the water mol­ecule. Bond lengths trans to the multiple‐bonded terminal oxo ligand are larger than those in the cis position, confirming the trans influence as a generally valid rule.