Comparison of two polymeric transition metal complexes with 1,4‐benzenedicarboxylate ions as bridging ligands, [Co(C8H4O4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)] and [Cu(C8H4O4)(C10H9N3)]·H2O

The title complexes, catena‐poly[[aqua(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ²N,N′)­cobalt(II)]‐μ‐benzene‐1,4‐di­carboxyl­ato‐κ²O¹:O⁴], [Co(C₈H₄O₄)(C₁₂H₈N₂)(H₂O)], (I), and catena‐poly[[[(di‐2‐pyridyl‐κN‐amine)copper(II)]‐μ‐benzene‐1,4‐di­carboxyl­ato‐κ⁴O¹,O^1′:O⁴,O^4′] hydrate], [Cu(C₈H₄O₄)(C₁₀H₉N₃)]·H₂O, (II), take the form of zigzag chains, with the 1,4‐benzene­di­carboxyl­ate ion acting as an amphimonodentate ligand in (I) and a bis‐bidentate ligand in (II). The Co^II ion in (I) is five‐coordinate and has a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal geometry. The Cu^II ion in (II) is in a very distorted octahedral 4+2 environment, with the octahedron elongated along the trans O—Cu—O bonds and with a trans O—Cu—O angle of only 137.22 (8)°.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Compound [ZnS6 (C12H8N2)]

The title compound ZnS6(C12H8N2) was obtained by reaction of zinic powder with sulfur and 1,10-phenathtroline in DMF solvent, and its structure has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal data for the compound: triclinic, P-1, Z = 2, a = 8. 159(2), b = 9. 485(2), c = 11. 997(2)A , α =110. 00(3)°,β = 99.22(3)°, γ = 100.57(3)°, V = 832A3, Dc =1. 748g/cm3, μ(MoKa)=0. 2219 cm-1, F(000)=440. The structure was refined to R = 0. 0723 and Rw = 0. 0865 for 1427 independent observed reflections. The tilte crystal consists of a discrete molecules, in which the core of ZnS2N2 shows a distorted tetrahedral geometry.