(Dibenzo-18-crown-6)potassium tetrachloroferrate(III): Synthesis and crystal structure

A new complex [K(Db18C6)]⁺[FeCl₄]^? (I) is synthesized and its structure is studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystals are triclinic: space group P \(\bar 1\), a = 17.998, b = 18.670, c = 19.590 Å, α = 106.61°, β = 104.55°, γ = 113.87°, Z = 8. The structure is solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.057 by 13 670 independent reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α). All the four independent complex cations [K(Db18C6)]⁺ are host-guest, and in each complex cation the K⁺ cation is localized in the cavity of the Db18C6 crown ligand. The coordination polyhedron of K⁺ (coordination number nine) is a distorted hexagonal bipyramid with the base of all six O atoms of the Db18C6 ligand, the axial vertex at the Cl atom of the [FeCl₄]^? anion, and another bifurcated axial vertex at two Cl atoms of another [FeCL₄]^? anion. All the four independent [FeCL₄]^? anions are orientationally disordered and have somewhat distorted tetrahedral structure. In crystal I, the alternating complex cations [K(Db18C6)]⁺ and [FeCL₄]^? anions form infinite polymer chains by the K-Cl bonds.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of bis(dibenzo-18-crown-6)cesium tetrachloroferrate(III)

A new complex [Cs(Db18C6)₂]⁺[FeCl₄]^? was prepared and studied by X-ray diffraction (orthorhombic, space groupP2₁2₁2,a = 22.934 Å,b= 24.024 Å,c= 16.665 Å,Z= 8; direct method, anisotropic full-matrix least-squares refinement,R= 0.087 for all 8800 independent reflections; CAD4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α. Two independent [FeCl₄]^? anions have a slightly distorted tetrahedral structure. Two independent host-guest type complex cations [Cs(Db18C6)₂]⁺ have a sandwich structure. The Cs⁺ cation is located between two Db18C6 crown ligands below and above the centers of their 18-membered macrocycles and is coordinated by all 12 O atoms. The coordination polyhedron of Cs⁺ (C.N. 12) is a distorted hexagonal antiprism rotated toward a hexagonal prism.     

(Dibenzo-18-Crown-6)ammonium bromide tetrahydrofuran solvate: Synthesis and crystal structure

A new compound, (dibenzo-18-crown-6)ammonium bromide tetrahydrofuran solvate [NH₄(Db18C6)]⁺ · Br^? · THF (I), is synthesized and studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystals of compound I are triclinic: a = 8.848 Å, b = 9.696 Å, c = 16.023 Å, α = 73.75°, β = 86.93°, γ = 78.06°, Z = 2, space group P \(\bar 1\). The structure of compound I is solved by a direct method and refined by full-matrix least squares in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.095 by 5624 independent reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, γMoK _α). The Db18C6 molecule in structure I has a butterfly conformation with approximate symmetry C _2v . The NH ₄ ⁺ cation where three disordered H atoms form hydrogen bonds with all six O atoms of the Db18C6 molecule is situated in the center of the cavity of the eighteen-membered macrocycle of the Db18C6 molecule. One ordered H atom of the NH ₄ ⁺ cation forms a strong hydrogen bond with the Br^? anion.     

(18-Crown-6)sodium tribromide and (18-crown-6)potassium triiodide (with an admixture of bromodiiodide): Synthesis and crystal structure

Two crystalline host-guest complexes are synthesized and studied using X-ray diffraction analysis: (18-crown-6)sodium tribromide [Na(18-crown-6)]⁺ · Br ₃ ^? (I) and (18-crown-6)potassium tribromide (with an admixture of bromodiiodide) [K(18-crown-6)]⁺ · (Br_0.25I_2.75)^? (II). The structures of compound I (space group P2₁/_{n, a} = 8.957 Å, b = 8.288 Å, c = 14.054 Å, β = 104.80°, Z = 2) and compound II (space group Cc, a = 8.417 Å, b = 15.147 Å, c = 17.445 Å, β = 99.01°, Z = 4) are solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.098 (I) and 0.036 (II) for all 2311 (I) and 2678 (II) independent measured reflections on a CAD-4 automated diffractometer (λMoK _α). Similar crystalline complexes I and II exist as infinite chains of alternating complex cations and trihalide anions linked to each other through weak Na-Br or K-I coordination bonds. In [Na(18-crown-6)]⁺ and [K(18-crown-6)]⁺ complex cations, the Na⁺ or K⁺ cation (coordination number is eight) is located in the center of the cavity of the 18-crown-6 ligand and coordinated by the six O atoms and two terminal Br or I atoms of two trihalide anions lying on opposite sides of the rms plane of the crown ligand.     

Crystal structure of (ethoxycarbonylmethyl)triphenylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate

The crystal structure of (ethoxycarbonylmethyl)triphenylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate, Ph₃P⁺CH₂C(O)OEt · BF ₄ ^? (space group P2₁/n, a = 12.727 Å, b = 13.983 Å, c = 12.833 Å, β = 108.83°, Z = 4) is studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure was solved by a direct method and refined by full-matrix least squares in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.056 by 3200 independent reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α). In the phosphonium cation the P atom has a distorted tetrahedral coordination and the P-C-C=O torsion angle is 14.3°. The tetrahedral anion is slightly disordered over two orientations with site occupancies for all atoms of 0.875 and 0.125. The crystal contains unusual interionic hydrogen bonds of the P⁺-C-H…F-B^? type.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of potassium bis(malonato)borate

Potassium bis(malonato)borate C₆H₄BKO₈ (I) was synthesized for the first time in an aqueous medium. Well-shaped single crystals were formed. Their X-ray diffraction structure (space group P \(\overline 1 \), a = 7.4073(2) Å, b = 7.9161(2) Å, c = 9.0755(2) Å, α 113.225(1)°, β = 91.553(1)°, γ = 104.760(2)°, Z = 2) was refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic (K, C, O, B) or isotropic (H) approximations to R1 = 0.394, wR2 = 0.1080, 2661 independent reflections (Bruker-Nonius KappaCCD, λMoK _α radiation). The structure is formed by spirane-type complex anions and potassium cations. A complex anion consists of two malonic acid molecules coordinated in the bidentate mode to the same four-coordinate boron atom. The K⁺ coordination geometry is an irregular nine-vertex polyhedron formed by the oxygen atoms of seven complex anions. The structure of compound I is layered.     

Crystal structures of 1,1,1-trifluoro-4-hydroxy-4-phenyl-but-3-en-2-one, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3-hydroxy-hept-3-en-5-one, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3-methylamino-hept-3-en-5-one and a study of the ability of these ligands to complex formation with metals

Crystal structures are determined (Bruker Nonius X8 Apex, 4K CCD-detector, λMoK _α, graphite monochromator, T 150 K and 293 K) for two β-diketones F₃CC(O)CH₂C(O)Ph (1) (space group P2₁/c, a = 7.0713(3)Å, b = 11.5190(6)Å, c = 11.3602(6) Å, β = 99.405(2)°, V = 912.90(8) ų, Z = 4), (CH₃)₃CC(O)CH₂C(O)C(CH₃)₃ (2) (space group Pbca, a = 11.5536(8) Å, b = 11.5796(10) Å, c = 17.2523(13) Å, V = 2308.1(3) ų, Z = 8) and a ketoimine (CH₃)₃CC(NCH₃)CH₂C(O)C(CH₃)₃ (3) (space group I4₁/a, a = 18.7687(6) Å, b = 18.7687(6) Å, c = 14.5182(6) Å, V = 5114.2(3) ų, Z = 16). All structures are molecular and comprise isolated molecules joined by van der Walls interactions. The substitution energy of a Na atom for a hydrogen atom in free ligands is calculated by the hybrid B3LYP quantum chemical method. A successful preparation of Na(I) chelates with ligands 1, 2 and failed attempts to prepare a complex with ligand 3 are in accordance with the calculations. Geometrical simulation of a copper(II) complex with ligand 3 reveals the overlap of CH₃ groups which hinders the complexation.     

Triaqua(18-crown-6)strontium tetrachlorocuprate(II) hemihydrate: Synthesis and crystal structure

The new complex [Sr(18-crown-6)(H₂O)₃]²⁺[CuCl₄]^2? · 0.42H₂O was obtained; its crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis: space group P2₁, a = 10.305 Å, b = 13.570 Å, c = 17.566 Å, β = 98.23 °, Z = 4 (direct method, anisotropic full-matrix least-squares method, R = 0.053 from independent reflections; CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α). The asymmetric part of the unit cell comprises two independent “guest-host” complex cations [Sr(18-crown-6)(H₂O)₃]²⁺, two independent complex anions [CuCl₄]^2?, and a hydrate water molecule with a position population of 0.84(1).     

4,7,13,16,21,24-Hexaoxa-1,10-diazoniabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane Bis[dibromodichloroiron(III)]: Synthesis and Crystal Structure

A novel complex salt, namely, 4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazoniabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane bis[dibromodichloroiron(III)] [H₂(Crypt-222)]²⁺[FeBr₂Cl₂] ₂ ^? (I), was synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis (monoclinic crystal system, a = 13.550 Å, b = 11.018 Å, c = 12.813 Å, β = 117.52°, space group C2, Z = 2). The structure was solved by the direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.089 from 2593 independent reflections (CAD4 automated diffractometer, λMoKα radiation). In the crystal structure I, four bifurcate positions of Br and Cl in the tetrahedral anion [FeBr₂Cl₂]^? are a randomly disordered mixture of these atoms. The dication of 2.2.2-cryptand (with two protonated N atoms) in the crystallographic axis 2 contains trifurcate N⁺-H (?O)₃ hydrogen bonds.     

3: 1: 1 Adduct of orthophosphoric acid,dibenzo-18-crown-6, and water: Synthesis and crystal structure

A 3: 1: 1 crystalline adduct of orthophosphoric acid, crown ether dibenzo-18-crown-6, and water, 3H₃PO₄ · Db18C6 · H₂O (I), is synthesized and studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The orthorhombic structure of compound I (space group Pmn2₁, a = 23.123 Å, b = 12.595 Å, c = 4.922 Å, Z = 2) is solved by a direct method and refined by full-matrix least squares in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.061 by all 1894 independent reflections. One H₃PO₄ molecule and Db18C6 and H₂O molecules lie on the crystallographic plane m. The H₃PO₄ molecules are randomly disordered. The H atoms of the H₃PO₄ and H₂O molecules are not objectively revealed because of high disordering. The Db18C6 and H₂O molecules form the host-gust molecular complex [Db18C6 · H₂O] through hydrogen bonds. All H₃PO₄ molecules are hydrogenbonded to form infinite layers lying parallel to the xz plane. The [Db18C6 · H₂O] molecular complexes are arranged between the layers.     

(18-Crown-6)(nitrato-<Emphasis Type="Italic">O,O</Emphasis>′)potassium and (18-crown-6)(nitrato-O,O′)potassium<Subscript>(0.91)</Subscript>silver<Subscript>(0.09)</Subscript>: Synthesis and crystal structures

Two complexes with similar compositions are synthesized: (18-crown-6)(nitrato-O,O′)potassium (I) and (18-crown-6)(nitrato-O,O′)potassium_(0.91)silver_(0.09) (II). Their isomorphic orthorhombic crystals (space group P2₁2₁2₁, Z = 4) are studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. Structure I (a = 8.553 Å, b = 11.967 Å, c = 17.871 Å) and structure II (a = 8.540 Å, b = 11.956 Å, c = 17.867 Å) are solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.044 (I) and 0.055 (II) for all 2385 (I) and 2379 (II) measured independent reflections. Complex molecules [K(NO₃)(18-crown-6)] in structure I and [K_0.91Ag_0.09(NO₃)(18-crown-6)] in compound II are of the host-guest type and rather similar in structure. Their 18-crown-6 and NO ₃ ^? ligands are disordered over two orientations. The K⁺ cation in complex I and the mixed cation (K_0.91Ag_0.09)⁺ in complex II reside in the cavity of the disordered 18-crown-6 ligand and is coordinated by its six O atoms and by two disordered O atoms of the NO ₃ ^? . ligand. The coordination polyhedron (CN = 8) of the K⁺ cation in complex I and that of (K_0.91Ag_0.09)⁺ cation in complex II is a distorted hexagonal pyramid with a base of six O atoms of the 18-crown-6 ligand and a split vertex at two O atoms of the NO ₃ ^? ligand.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">trans</Emphasis>-Diaquatetra(nitrato-O,O′)dysprosium(III) (18-crown-6)potassium acetonitrile solvate: Synthesis and crystal structure

A new complex K(18-crown-6)][Dy(NO₃)₄(H₂O)₂] · CH₃CN (I) is synthesized, and its structure is studied by X-ray diffraction analysis (space group P ₂1/c, a = 17.200 Å, b = 13.377 Å, c = 13.087 Å, β = 94.21°, Z = 4, full-matrix anisotropic least squares to R = 0.033 for 5283 independent reflections, CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoKα radiation). The crystal structure of the compound exists as infinite polymer chains formed by coordination bonds and composed of alternating complex anions [Dy(NO₃)₄(H₂O)₂]^? and cations [K(18-crown-6)]⁺.     

Syntheses and crystal structures of hydrated complexes of strontium and barium bromides with 18-crown-6

Two complexes, namely, triaqua(18-crown-6)strontium dibromide monohydrate (I) and diaquabromo(18-crown-6)barium bromide (II), are synthesized. Their crystal structures are determined by X-ray diffraction analyses. For complex I, space group C2/c, a = 17.547 Å, b = 10.246 Å, c = 14.786 Å, β = 123.08°, Z = 4. For complex II, space group Pnma, a = 17.753 Å, b = 17.465 Å, c = 6.629 Å, Z = 4. The structures are solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.056 (I) and 0.042 (II) for 2696 (I) and 2440 (II) independent reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α radiation). Both complex cations—randomly disordered [Sr(18C6)(H₂O)₃]²⁺ in complex I and [BaBr(18C6)(H₂O)₂]⁺ in complex II—are of the host-guest type. The Sr²⁺ (Ba²⁺) cation resides in the cavity of the 18-crown-6 ligand and coordinated by all six O atoms. In the structures complexes I and II, the coordination polyhedra of the Sr²⁺ and Ba²⁺ cations (coordination number 9) can be described as distorted hexagonal bipyramids with one apex at the O atom of the water molecule in complex I or at the Br^? ligand in complex II and the other split apex at the O atoms of two water molecules.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of 4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazoniabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane bis[dichloro(thiocyanato)copper(II)]

A new complex salt [4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazoniabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane bis[dichloro(thiocyanato)copper(II)], [H₂(Crypt-222)][CuCl₂(SCN)]₂, is synthesized and studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystals are monoclinic (space group C2/c, a = 14.603 Å, b = 8.330 Å, c = 25.091 Å, β = 100.76°, Z = 4). The structure is solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.047 for 2943 independent reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α radiation). The Cu²⁺ cations and Cl^? and SCN^? anions form infinite polymeric chains of spiro-conjugated alternating centrosymmetric four-membered CuCl₂Cu cycles and eight-membered Cu(SCN)₂Cu cycles through coordination bonds. The coordination polyhedron of the Cu²⁺ cation is a distorted trigonal bipyramid. The [H₂(Crypt-222)]²⁺ dication contains trifurcate N⁺-(…O)₃ bonds on axis 2.     

Crystal structure of bis(semicarbazido)copper(II) nitrate [Cu(NH<Subscript>2</Subscript>NHC(O)NH<Subscript>2</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript>](NO<Subscript>3</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The crystal structure of bis(semicarbazido)copper(II) nitrate [Cu(NH₂NHC(O)NH₂)₂](NO₃)₂ has been studied by X-ray diffraction. Monoclinic crystals, a = 6.835(2) Å, b = 7.733(2) Å, c = 10.320(3) Å, β = 105.701(3)°, V = 525.1(2) ų, space group P2₁/c, Z = 2, d _msd = 2.136 g/cm³, μ(MoK _α) = 2.143 mm⁻¹. The structure was solved with the program for automatic analysis of Patterson’s function and refined by full-matrix least squares in an anisotropic approximation for all non-hydrogen atoms using 753 independent reflections; R ₁ = 0.0203. The square environment of the Cu atom is formed from the amino nitrogen atoms of the hydrazine fragments and the C=O oxygen atoms of the two semicarbazide bidentate molecules (Cu-N 1.928 Å, Cu-O 1.999 Å). The axial positions are occupied by the O atoms of the NO ₃ ⁻ outer-spheric anions (Cu-O 2.505 Å). In the structure, the complex cations and the NO ₃ ⁻ anions are linked into a framework by N-H...O type hydrogen bonds. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2007 by G. V. Romanenko, Z. A. Savelieva, and S. V. Larionov __________ Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 370–373, March–April, 2007.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of (18-Crown-6)(nitrato)(triphenylphosphine oxide)potassium

A new complex (18-crown-6)(nitrato)(triphenylphosphine oxide)potassium (I) is synthesized, and its crystal structure is studied by X-ray diffraction analysis (space group R3m, a = 14.336 Å, c = 13.776 Å, Z = 3). The structure is solved by the direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.034 for 1122 independent reflections (CAD4 automated diffractometer, λ MoK_α radiation). Structure I contains a complex host-guest molecule [K(NO₃)(18-crown-6)(Ph₃PO)] with crystallographic symmetry 3m (three planes m contain three Ph rings of the Ph₃PO ligand and all O atoms of the crown ligand). The coordination polyhedron of the K⁺ cation is a distorted hexagonal bipyramid with all the six O atoms of the crown ligand in the base, the O atoms of the Ph₃PO ligand, and one (or two) O atoms of a disordered NO ₃ ^? ligand in the axial positions.     

Polymeric lithium(I) diaquabarbiturate: Crystal structure

The lithium(I) catena-diaquabarbiturate complex [Li(H₂O)₂(HBA–O,O′)] _n (I), where Н₂ВА is barbituric acid, has been structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction (CIF file CCDC no. 1447689), and its thermal decomposition and IR spectrum have been studied. Crystals of complex I are monoclinic, a = 6.4306(7) Å, b = 16.720(1) Å, c = 7.1732(8) Å, β = 108.253(4)°, V = 732.5(1) ų, space group P2₁/c, and Z = 4. One independent μ₂-bridging HBA^– ligand is coordinated to two Li(I) ions via the two oxygen atoms of C₄₍₆₎=O carbonyl groups. Each Li⁺ ion is linked with two μ₂-HBA^– ions and two terminal water molecules at tetrahedron vertices. μ₂-HBA^– ions link tetrahedra into a chain. The structure is stabilized by multiple hydrogen bonds and π–π-interaction between HBA^–. The shift of ν(C=O) vibration bands in the IR spectrum of complex I in comparison with Н₂ВА towards lower frequencies agrees with the coordination of HBA^– via oxygen atoms. The dehydration of complex I occurs in two stages in the regions of 100–150 and 150–240°C.     

Two Mn(II) chloride complexes containing guest molecules

Two phenanthroline-manganese inclusion complexes with [MnCl(H₂O)(phen)₂]⁺ core have been synthesized and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, elemental analyses, IR spectra, thermogravimetric analyses. Uncoordinated 2-mercaptothiazole (tzdtH) and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (bztzH) as guest molecules are included in the complexes with formulas [MnCl(H₂O)(phen)₂]Cl·tzdtH (1) and {[MnCl(H₂O)(phen)₂]Cl}₂·bztzH (2). X-ray structural analyses for complexes revealed that the complex 1 is triclinic, space group P1 with a=9.724(1) Å, b=11.858(1) Å, c=12.644(2) Å; β=89.056(2)°; Z=2, D _c=1.513 Mg m^?3, F(000)=638 and the complex 2 is triclinic, space group P1 with a=9.861(1) Å, b=11.476(1) Å; c=12.908(3) Å; β=84.991(2)°; Z=1, D _c=1.511 Mg m^?3, F(000)=600. Two complexes exhibit high stability up to 650°C. The molar specific heat capacities for the two complexes 1 and 2 can be estimated as being 96.175±0.332 and 72.505±0.364 J mol^?1 K^?1 at 298.15 K by RD496-III microcalorimeter, respectively.     

Hexafluorosilicates of cobalt(II) complexes with dimethylsulfoxide and dimethylformamide

New double complexes [Co(DMSO)₆][SiF₆] ? 2H₂O (I) and [Co(DMF)₃(H₂O)₃][SiF₆] ? DMF (II) have been synthesized and studied by IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. Crystals of complex I belong to the tetragonal symmetry system, space group R3?, Z = 3, a = 11.8232(3) Å, c = 18.4699(5) Å, V = 2235.97(10) ų, ρ_calc = 1.573 g/cm³. Crystals of complex II are triclinic, space group P1?, Z = 2, a = 8.6264(4) Å, b = 10.1419(4) Å, c = 13.9657(6) Å, α = 100.847(2)°, β = 98.549(2)°, γ = 93.479(2)°, V = 1181.71(9) ų, ρ_calc = 1.539 g/cm³.     

Syntheses and crystal structures of (2.2.2-cryptand)potassium chloride and (2.2.2-cryptand)ammonium bromide<Subscript>(0.75)</Subscript>chloride<Subscript>(0.25)</Subscript> hydrates

Two new complexes were synthesized, namely, 7: 2 (2.2.2-cryptand)potassium chloride and (2.2.2-cryptand)ammonium bromide_(0.75)chloride_(0.25) hydrates: [M(Crypt-222)]⁺ · Hal^? · 3.5H₂O, where M = K, Hal = Cl (I) and M = NH₄, Hal = Br_0.75Cl_0.25 (II). The structures of two isomorphous crystals were studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. Trigonal (space group P \(\bar 3\), Z = 2) structures I (a = 11.763 Å, c = 11.262 Å) and II (a = 11.945 Å, c = 11.337 Å) were solved by direct methods and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.057 (I) and 0.065 (II) for all 2626 (I) and 1654 (II) independent measured reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α). In structures I and II, the host-guest [M(Crypt-222)]⁺ complex cation lies on the threefold crystallographic axis and has the approximate D ₃ symmetry. In complex I, the coordination polyhedron of the K⁺ cation (CN = 8) is a bicapped trigonal prism somewhat distorted toward an antiprism. Complexes I and II contain H-bonded disordered cubes of the water molecules and the Cl^? or Br^? anions.