Two phases of bis­(tetraethyl­ammonium) di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[di­chloro­palladium(II)]

A phase transition was found to occur at ∼153 K in the title compound, (C₈H₂₀N)₂[PdCl₆]. The structures of the two phases are reported at 292 and 130 K. The low‐temperature phase is twinned. The phase transition is accompanied by a minor displacement of the ions. There are C—H⋯Cl interactions as short as ∼2.80 Å, indicating the existence of hydrogen bonds, and this was confirmed by vibrational spectroscopy. The [Pd₂Cl₆]²⁻ anion occupies sites of mmm and 2/m symmetry in the room‐temperature and low‐temperature phases, respectively.     

Inhibition of a palladium(II) catalyst upon formation of a di‐μ‐chloro complex: di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[1,2‐bis­(di­phenyl­phosphino)­ethane‐P,P′]dipalladium(II) bis­(tetra­fluoro­borate) bis­(deutero­chloro­form) solvate

The title compound was formed upon slow evaporation of a solution of the solvated dicationic complex bis­(aceto­nitrile)­bis­[1,2‐bis­(di­phenyl‐phosphino)­ethane]­palladium(II) bis(tetra­fluoro­borate) in deuterated chloro­form. The dinucleur palladium complex forms triclinic crystals and there is an inversion center between the Pd atoms. Compared to the corresponding monomeric compound, the Cl—Pd—Cl angles decrease upon briding from 94.19 (7) to 86.96 (4)°.     

Di‐μ‐benzoato‐bis­[di­carbonyl­(pyri­dine)­ruthenium(I)] (new polymorph) and di‐μ‐tri­fluoro­acetato‐bis­[di­carbonyl­(pyridine)­ruthenium(I)]

The syntheses and crystal structure determinations of a pair of `sawhorse' dimers are reported, viz. [Ru₂(C₆H₅CO₂)₂(C₅H₅N)₂(CO)₄] [a new polymorph, cf. Kepert, Deacon, Spiccia, Fallon, Skelton & White (2000). J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. pp. 2867–2874] and [Ru₂(CF₃CO₂)₂(C₅H₅N)₂(CO)₄]. The Ru⋯Ru distances are 2.6724 (2) and 2.7122 (5) Å, respectively.     

trans‐Bis(3,5‐di­aza‐1‐azonia‐7‐phosphaadamantane‐κP)­bis­(thiocyanato‐κS)­palladium(II) bis­(thio­cyanate)

The crystal structure of the title compound, trans‐[Pd(NCS)₂(C₆H₁₃N₃P)₂](NCS)₂, is one of the few pal­ladium(II) complexes containing two protonated water‐soluble 1,3,5‐tri­aza‐7‐phos­pha­adamantane (PTA) ligands re­ported to date. The compound displays a distorted square‐planar geometry, with the Pd atom on an inversion centre and with the S atoms of the thio­cyanate counter‐ions occupying the axial positions above and below the equatorial plane described by the phosphine and thio­cyanate ligands. Geometric parameters for the formal coordination polyhedron include a Pd—P distance of 2.2940 (8) Å, a Pd—S distance of 2.3509 (8) Å and a P—Pd—S angle of 89.45 (3)°. The effective cone angle for the PTA ligands was calculated as 114.5°.     

An oxo‐centred trinuclear FeIII complex: tri­aqua­hexakis(μ2‐betaine‐O:O′)‐μ3‐oxo‐triiron(III) bis­(tetra­chloro­manganate) trichloride ­hexahydrate

The title compound, [Fe₃(C₅H₁₁NO₂)₆O(H₂O)₃](MnCl₄)₂Cl₃·6H₂O, contains a triiron core linked by a μ₃‐bridging oxide ion. Each of the iron(III) ions has a distorted octahedral environment, being coordinated, in addition to the oxide ion, by four neutral betaine mol­ecules and one water mol­ecule. The N‐alkyl­ated α‐amino acid betaine is present in the dipolar zwitterionic form and chelates pairs of Fe atoms at the vertices of the triangular [Fe₃O]⁷⁺ ionic core. The Fe complex has a crystallographically imposed D3 symmetry. The water mol­ecules fully exhaust their potential as hydrogen donors, forming a two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bond network in planes parallel to (001).     

Bis[2‐(3‐pyridinio)benzimidazolium] di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[trichloro­cadmium(II)]

The title compound, (C₁₂H₁₁N₃)₂[Cd₂Cl₈], consists of two discrete 2‐(3‐pyridinio)benzimidazolium cations and one [Cd₂Cl₈]⁴⁻ anion. The dimeric [Cd₂Cl₈]⁴⁻ anion lies about an inversion centre and consists of two distorted [CdCl₅] trigonal bipyramids which share a common edge. The two Cd atoms are each coordinated by two μ‐Cl atoms and three terminal Cl atoms, with a Cd·Cd separation of 3.9853 (6) Å. The packing displays two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded sheets, which are further linked by C—H·Cl contacts and π–π stacking inter­actions to yield a three‐dimensional network.     

Tetra­piperidinium di‐μ‐methoxy‐di‐μ5‐oxo‐tetra‐μ3‐oxo‐dodeca‐μ2‐oxo‐octa­oxodeca­vanadate

The structure of the title compound, (C₅H₁₂N)₄[V₁₀O₂₆(CH₃O)₂], reveals the presence of four protonated piperidin­ium cations and a [{V₁₀O₂₆}(OCH₃)₂]⁴⁻ polyanion having an embedded centre of inversion. The compound is distinguished by presenting, in contrast with other anionic deca­vanadates, two meth­oxy groups bridging the outermost V atoms, and it becomes the first example of this type among reported deca­vanadates.     

(η6‐Bi­phenyl)­tri­carbonyl­chromium and μ‐(η6:η6)‐bi­phenyl‐bis­(tricarbonyl­chromium)

The title compounds, [Cr(C₁₂H₁₀)(CO)₃] and [Cr₂(C₁₂H₁₀)(CO)₆], serve as a fundamental standard of comparison for other mono‐ and polysubstituted (η⁶‐bi­phenyl)­tri­carbonyl­chromium compounds. (η⁶‐Bi­phenyl)­tri­carbonyl­chromium has a typical piano‐stool coordination about the Cr center, and the dihedral angle between the planes of the phenyl rings is 23.55 (5)°. The corresponding angle in μ‐(η⁶:η⁶)‐bi­phenyl‐bis­(tri­carbonyl­chromium) is 0° because the mol­ecule occupies a crystallographic inversion center; the Cr atoms reside on opposite sides of the bi­phenyl ligand. Density functional theory and natural bonding orbital theory analyses were used to scrutinize the geometry of these and closely related compounds to explain important structural features.     

A chloro‐bridged dinuclear phosphinitopalladium complex,di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[(diphenoxy­phosphinite‐κP)(diphenoxy­phosphinito‐κP)palladium(II)]

The title compound, [Pd₂(C₁₂H₁₀O₃P)₂Cl₂(C₁₂H₁₁O₃P)₂], consists of a dinuclear μ‐chloro‐bridged palladium unit with two diphenoxy­phosphinite groups per Pd atom, linked together by a hydrogen bond. The asymmetric unit contains one half of the mol­ecule, with the other half generated by an inversion centre. The geometry around the P atoms may be described as distorted tetra­hedral. Adjacent mol­ecules of the complex are linked by weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds. The structure is additionally stabilized by π–π stacking inter­actions between the aryl rings. These inter­actions form a herring‐bone pattern in the crystal structure.     

Racemic 3,5‐di­chloro‐2‐{[(1‐phenyl­ethyl)­imino]­methyl}phenol

The title compound, (RS)‐3,5‐di­chloro‐2‐{[(1‐phenyl­ethyl)­imino]­methyl}phenol, C₁₅H₁₃Cl₂NO, was synthesized from racemic 1‐phenyl­ethyl­amine and 3,5‐di­chloro­salicyl­aldehyde. The π‐conjugate system around the imine group is essentially planar in the phenol–imine tautomer. Intramolecular O⋯N hydrogen‐bond and intermolecular C—H⋯π interactions are present in the crystal structure.     

Aqua­(5,6‐di­methyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐N,N′)­(glycolato‐O,O′)­copper(II) nitrate

The title compound, [Cu(C₂H₃O₃)(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)(H₂O)]NO₃, is the first example of a mixed copper glycolate compound with a di­imine ligand. The copper(II) compound lies in a slightly distorted square‐pyramidal coordination environment with one water mol­ecule coordinated in the apical position. The glycolate ligand binds to the Cu atom as a chelate through a carboxyl­ate and the α‐OH O atom which, together with the N atoms of the substituted phenanthroline, constitute the base of the pyramid.     

catena‐Poly­[[heptakis­(di­methyl­form­amide‐κO)­di‐μ4‐oxo‐tetra‐μ3‐oxo‐hexa­deca‐μ2‐oxo‐tetra­oxo­lan­than­um(III)­octamolybdenum(IV)]‐μ‐sodium(I)]

The title compound, [NaLaMo₈O₂₆(C₃H₇NO)₇]_n, contains infinite chains of [Mo₈O₂₆]⁴⁻ units supporting di­methyl­form­amide‐coordinated La^III cations and linked by Na⁺ cations. The lanthanum center adopts a nine‐coordinate geometry and the Na atom is sandwiched between two β‐[Mo₈O₂₆]⁴⁻ units.     

Ammonium di­chloro­bis­(di­methyl­glyoximato‐N,N′)­iridate(III)

In the title compound, (NH₄)[IrCl₂(C₄H₇N₂O₂)₂], (I), the Ir atom is octahedrally coordinated by two trans Cl^? and two di­methyl­glyoximate chelate ligands in the equatorial plane. A two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bond network between ammonium cations NH₄⁺ and anionic [IrCl₂(C₄H₇N₂O₂)₂]^? complexes is extended along the bc plane.     

Cone and 1,3‐alternate conformers of 1,3‐bis­(ethoxy­carbonyl­methoxy)‐2,4‐di­hydroxy­calix­[4]­arene and 1,2,3,4‐tetrakis­(ethoxy­carbonyl­methoxy)­calix­[4]­arene

The two title ethoxy­carbonyl­methoxy derivatives of calix­[4]­arene, namely diethyl 2,4‐di­hydroxy­calix­[4]­arene‐1,3‐diyldi(oxy­ace­tate), C₃₆H₃₆O₈, (I), and tetraethyl ­calix­[4]­arene‐1,2,3,4‐tetra­yltetra­(oxy­acetate), C₄₄H₄₈O₁₂, (II), form two different conformations, viz. a cone in (I), where intramol­ecular hydrogen bonds are formed through OH groups in a partially substituted calix­[4]­arene, and a 1,3‐alternate form of a completely substituted calix­[4]­arene in (II). A unique three‐dimensional array of mol­ecules exists in (II), with the channels extended along the entire crystal.     

Hexa‐μ‐chloro‐μ4‐oxo‐tetrakis{[5‐(2,4,6‐trimethylphenyl)pyrazole‐κN2]copper(II)}

The title compound, [Cu₄Cl₆O(C₁₂H₁₄N₂)₄], is a new example of the well known [Cu₄(μ₄‐O)(μ‐X)₆L₄] class of complex (X⁻ is Cl⁻, Br⁻ or I⁻, and L is a monodentate ligand). The molecule has crystallographic C₂ symmetry, with two Cl⁻ ions on each edge of a Cu₄ tetrahedron. Two of these, on opposite edges of the tetrahedron, accept intramolecular hydrogen bonds from two of the pyrazole N—H donors.     

μ‐Oxo‐bis{{2,2′‐[2,2‐di­methyl­propane‐1,3‐diyl­bis­(nitrilomethyl­idyne)]­diphenolato}­oxo­rhenium(V)}

The title compound, [Re₂O₃(C₁₉H₂₀N₂O₂)₂], is a hexacoordinate complex containing an [Re₂O₃]⁴⁺ core with a linear O=Re—O—Re=O bridge. The distorted octahedral coordination of the Re^V atom is achieved by an N₂O₂ donor set from the tetradentate imine–phenol ligand. The overall charge of the compound is neutral due to deprotonation of the phenol groups, and the terminating and bridging O atoms. The Re=O and Re—O bond distances of the [Re₂O₃]⁴⁺ core are 1.699 (4) and 1.911 (1) Å, respectively. The Re—O and Re—N bond distances of the equatorial plane are in the ranges 2.024 (4)–2.013 (4) and 2.128 (5)–2.120 (5) Å, respectively.     

Tri‐μ2‐chloro‐tetra­chloro‐μ3‐oxo‐hexakis­(tetra­hydro­furan‐κO)­dititanium(III)­samarium(III): a novel trinuclear Sm–Ti mixed species

In the title compound, [SmTi₂Cl₇O(C₄H₈O)₆], the metal ions are linked by a central μ₃‐oxo ion and by three μ₂‐chloro ions, giving a planar moiety containing a binary crystallographic axis. The coordination spheres are completed by terminal chloro ligands and tetra­hydro­furan mol­ecules, with resulting pentagonal bipyramidal and octahedral environments for the Sm and Ti atoms, respectively.     

Hexa‐μ‐chloro‐μ4‐oxo‐tetrakis­[(4,5‐di­hydro‐2‐methyl‐1,2‐thiazole‐κN)copper(II)]

The title compound, [Cu₄Cl₆O(C₄H₇NS)₄], was obtained by the reaction of CuCl₂·2H₂O with 2‐methyl‐2‐thia­zoline in methanol. The complex has twofold crystallographic symmetry and contains a tetrahedron of four Cu^II atoms coordinating a central μ₄‐O atom, with the six edges of the tetrahedron bridged by Cl atoms. Distance ranges are Cu—O 1.917 (4)–1.920 (4) and Cu—Cl 2.370 (2)–2.445 (2) Å.     

A novel trinuclear palladium cluster compound: di‐μ3‐chloro‐tris­[chloro(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐P)­palladium] acetone solvate

The title triangular tripalladium cluster, [Pd₃­Cl₅­(C₁₈­H₁₅P)₃]·­C₃H₆O, (I), has a trigonal‐bipyramidal framework of Pd₃(μ₃‐Cl)₂, with the two Cl atoms in apical positions. Each Pd atom in the framework has two additional coordination sites to establish square‐planar cis‐PdL₂(μ₃‐Cl)₂ geometry. Three P atoms are located on the same side of the plane defined by the Pd₃ triangle, which leads to a pseudo‐C_3v symmetry for the core framework of Pd₃(μ₃‐Cl)₂P₃Cl₃. The average Pd—Cl distance trans to PPh₃ is 2.473 (8) Å, which is significantly longer than the average Pd—Cl distance of 2.294 (4) Å for those trans to terminal Cl, due to the strong trans effect of a P atom compared with a Cl atom. Compound (I) has 49 valence electrons and shows a rhombic electron‐spin resonance signal, indicating an S = ½ ground state.     

Bis­[N,N′‐diiso­propyl‐N‐(tri­methyl­silyl)­benzamidinium] di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[tetra­chloro­zirconate(IV)] di­chloro­methane disolvate

The structure of the salt of the di‐μ‐chloro‐bis­[tetra­chloro­zirconate(IV)] anion and the N,N′‐iso­propyl‐N‐(tri­methyl­silyl)benzamidinium cation, (C₁₆H₂₉N₂Si)₂[Zr₂Cl₁₀]·2CH₂Cl₂, is reported. The anion lies about an inversion centre and shows a substantially octahedral coordination around Zr, while the structure of the cation is unequivocally assigned as that of a benzamidinium ion.