Bis[μ‐1,2‐bis(2‐pyridyl)ethyne‐κ2N:N′]bis[aquadinitratocadmium(II)]

Two twisted 1,2‐bis(2‐pyridyl)­ethyne ligands bridge two Cd²⁺ centers in the C₂‐symmetric title complex, [Cd₂(NO₃)₄(μ‐C₁₂H₈N₂)₂(H₂O)₂]. The bridging ligands arch across one another creating a `zigzag loop' molecular geometry. Two nitrate ions and a water mol­ecule complete the irregular seven‐coordinate Cd‐atom environment. The dihedral angles between the equivalent pyridyl ring planes of the two independent ligands are 67.2 (1)°. O_water—H⃛O_nitrate hydrogen bonding creates two‐dimensional layers parallel to the ab plane.     

Di‐μ‐hydroxido‐bis{[bis(6‐methyl‐2‐pyridylmethyl)(2‐phenylethyl)amine‐κ3N′,N′′,N′′′]copper(II)} bis(perchlorate)

The title compund, [Cu₂(OH)₂(C₂₂H₂₅N₃)₂](ClO₄)₂, is a copper(II) dimer, with two [CuL]²⁺ units [L is bis(6‐methyl‐2‐pyridylmethyl)(2‐phenylethyl)amine] bridged by hydroxide groups to define the {[CuL](μ‐OH)₂[CuL]}²⁺ cation. Charge balance is provided by perchlorate counter‐anions. The cation has a crystallographic inversion centre halfway between the Cu^II ions, which are separated by 3.0161 (8) Å. The central core of the cation is an almost regular Cu₂O₂ parallelogram of sides 1.931 (2) and 1.935 (2) Å, with a Cu—O—Cu angle of 102.55 (11)°. The coordination geometry around each Cu^II centre can be best described as a square‐based pyramid, with three N atoms from L ligands and two hydroxide O atoms completing the coordination environment. Each cationic unit is hydrogen bonded to two perchlorate anions by means of hydroxide–perchlorate O—H...O interactions.     

Di‐μ‐chloro‐bis({2‐[N,N‐bis(2‐aminoethyl)amino‐κ3N]ethylaminium}copper(II)) bis(naphthalene‐1,5‐disulfonate) pentahydrate

The title compound, [Cu₂(C₆H₁₉N₄)₂Cl₂](C₁₀H₆O₆S₂)₂·5H₂O, is comprised of discrete [Cu₂(tren)₂Cl₂]²⁺ dimers {tren is 2‐[N,N‐bis(2‐amino­ethyl)­amino]­ethyl­aminium} and naphthalene‐1,5‐di­sulfonate anions. Two Cl^? anions bridge two Cu^II ions, each of which is also coordinated by two of the primary and the tertiary amino N atoms of the tren ligand, giving each metal atom a distorted square‐pyramidal coordination geometry. The cation lies about an inversion centre and the asymmetric unit also has two independent anions lying about inversion centres.     

μ‐1,4‐Benzenedicarboxylato‐bis[trans‐aqua(1,4,8,11‐tetraazacyclotetradecane)nickel(II)] diperchlorate forms a three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded framework

The title compound, [Ni₂(C₈H₄O₄)(C₁₀H₂₄N₄)₂(H₂O)₂](ClO₄)₂, contains two independent octahedral Ni^II centres with trans‐NiN₄O₂ chromophores. The bridging benzene­dicarboxyl­ate ligand is bonded to the two Ni atoms, each via one O atom of each carboxyl­ate, while the other O atom participates in an intramolecular N—H?O hydrogen bond, forming an S(6) motif. The cations are linked to the perchlorate anions via O—H?O and N—H?O hydrogen bonds [O?O 2.904 (6) and 2.898 (6) Å; O—H?O 158 (6) and 165 (6)°; N?O 3.175 (7) and 3.116 (7) Å; N—H?O 168 and 166°] to form molecular ladders. These ladders are linked by further O—H?O and N—H?O hydrogen bonds [O?O 2.717 (6) and 2.730 (5) Å; O—H?O 170 (4) and 163 (6)°; N?O 3.373 (7) and 3.253 (7) Å; N—H?O 163 and 167°] to form a continuous three‐dimensional framework. The perchlorate anions both participate in three hydrogen bonds, and both are thus fully ordered.     

trans‐Di­aqua­bis(5‐carboxy‐1H‐imidazole‐4‐carboxyl­ato‐κ2N3,O4)­cobalt(II) 4,4′‐bi­pyridine solvate

In the title compound, [Co(C₅H₃N₂O₄)₂(H₂O)₂]·C₁₀H₈N₂, the Co atom is trans‐coordinated by two pairs of N and O atoms from two monoanionic 4,5‐di­carboxy­imidazole ligands, and by two O atoms from two coordinated water mol­ecules, in a distorted octahedral geometry. The 4,4′‐bi­pyridine solvent molecule is not involved in coordination but is linked by an N—H⋯N hydrogen bond to the neutral [Co(C₅H₃N₂O₄)₂(H₂O)₂] mol­ecule. Both mol­ecules are located on inversion centers. The crystal packing is stabilized by N—H⋯N and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which produce a three‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded network. Offset π–π stacking interactions between the pyridine rings of adjacent 4,4′‐bi­pyridine molecules were observed, with a face‐to‐face distance of 3.345 (1) Å.     

[Sm(NO3)3(TPTZ)(H2O)]·2H2O [TPTZ is 2,4,6‐tris(2‐pyridyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine]

The title compound, aqua­tris­(nitrato)[2,4,6‐tris(2‐pyridyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine]samarium dihydrate, [Sm(NO₃)₃­(C₁₈H₁₂N₆)­(H₂O)]·­2H₂O, was prepared from Sm(NO₃)₃·6H₂O and 2,4,6‐tris(2‐pyridyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine. The metal atom is ten‐coordinate being bonded to the terdentate TPTZ ligand, three bidentate nitrates and a water mol­ecule.     

Di­aqua­bis(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)­manganese(II) thiodiglycolate bis(1,10‐phenanthroline‐κ2N,N′)(thiodiglycolato‐κ2O,O′)­manganese(II) tridecahydrate

The title compound, [Mn(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂(H₂O)₂](C₄H₄O₄S)·[Mn(C₄H₄O₄S)(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂]·13H₂O, contains one dianion of thio­diglycolic acid (tdga²⁻) and two independent man­ganese(II) moieties, viz. [Mn(phen)₂(H₂O)₂]²⁺ and [Mn(tdga)(phen)₂], where phen is 1,10‐phenanthroline. The Mn^II atoms are octahedrally coordinated by four N atoms of two bidentate phen ligands [Mn—N = 2.240 (2)–2.3222 (19) Å] and either two water O atoms or two tdga carboxyl O atoms [Mn—O = 2.1214 (17)–2.1512 (17) Å]. The tdga ligand chelates as an O,O′‐bidentate ligand, forming an eight‐membered ring with one Mn atom. The free tdga²⁻ dianion is hydrogen bonded to an [Mn(phen)₂(H₂O)₂]²⁺ ion, with O⋯O distances of 2.606 (2) and 2.649 (2) Å. The crystal structure is further stabilized by an extensive network of hydrogen bonds involving 13 water mol­ecules.     

2‐{[Tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]aminomethylene}cyclohexa‐3,5‐dien‐1(2H)‐one and its 6‐hydroxy and 6‐methoxy derivatives

The title compounds, 2‐{[tris­(hydroxy­methyl)­methyl]­amino­methyl­ene}cyclo­hexa‐3,5‐dien‐1(2H)‐one, C₁₁H₁₅NO₄, (I), 6‐hydroxy‐2‐{[tris­(hydroxy­methyl)­methyl]­amino­methyl­ene}­cyclo­hexa‐3,5‐dien‐1(2H)‐one, C₁₁H₁₅NO₅, (II), and 6‐methoxy‐2‐{[tris­(hydroxy­methyl)­methyl]­amino­methyl­ene}­cyclo­hexa‐3,5‐dien‐1(2H)‐one, C₁₂H₁₇NO₅, (III), adopt the keto–amine tautomeric form, with the formal hydroxy H atom located on the N atom, and the NH group and oxo O atom display a strong intramolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond. The N—H⋯O hydrogen‐bonded rings are almost planar and coupled with the cyclo­hexa­diene rings. The carbonyl O atoms accept two other H atoms from the alcohol groups of adjacent mol­ecules in (I), and one from the alcohol and one from the phenol group in (II), but from only one alcohol H atom in (III).     

Bis{μ‐2‐[(2,3‐dichloro­phenyl)­amino]­benzoato‐κO}di‐μ2‐ethoxo‐octa­methyl­di‐μ3‐oxo‐tetra­tin(IV)

The title compound, [Sn₄(CH₃)₈(C₁₃H₈Cl₂NO₂)₂(C₂H₅O)₂O₂], is a centrosymmetric dimer, with three linearly fused four‐membered Sn—O—Sn—O rings. The coordination poly­hedron of the Sn atom bonded to the carboxyl­ate can be described as trigonal–bipyramidal distorted toward square‐pyramidal. That of the second Sn atom is similar, but the distortion towards square‐pyramidal geometry is greater. The Sn—O and Sn—C distances are 2.020 (2)–2.226 (2) and 2.096 (4)–2.114 (4) Å, respectively. The benzene rings of the 2‐[(2,3‐dichloro­phenyl)­amino]benzoate ligand subtend an angle of 50.49 (17)°; the conformation of the ligand is stabilized by intra­molecular N—H⋯Cl and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The structure is assembled viaπ–π stacking inter­actions to form chains parallel to [10].     

Polymorphs and pseudo‐polymorphs of μ‐oxo‐bis{[N,N′‐bis(salicylidene)­propane‐1,3‐diamine]oxorhenium(V)}

Two new polymorphs of the title compound, μ‐oxo‐bis{oxo{2,2′‐[propane‐1,3‐diyl­bis­(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]­diphen­olato}rhenium(V)}, [Re₂O(C₁₇H₁₆N₂O₃)₂], are reported, containing either a conformation other than the one already known in the literature or a disorder involving both the new and the previously reported conformations. Four pseudo‐polymorphs of the title compound are also reported, containing four chloro­form, two chloro­form, two disordered di­chloro­methane or two water solvate mol­ecules accompany­ing each Re complex molecule. Only in the hydrate does the Re complex adopt the old conformation. In all six structures, the complex molecule is located on a crystallographic inversion centre. Independent of the conformation, all ReV ions display the same, somewhat distorted, octahedral coordination. In all the solvates, hydrogen bonds are donated from the solvent to the O atoms bonded to Re, either of the C—H?O or O—H?O type, although the actual position of the solvent mol­ecule can vary. Only in the hydrate is a two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded network found; isolated clusters are formed in all the other solvates.     

On the short carbonyl bond in bis[μ‐1,2‐benzisothiazol‐3(2H)‐one 1,1‐dioxido‐κ2N:O]bis{[1,2‐benzisothiazol‐3(2H)‐one 1,1‐dioxido‐κN]bis(imidazole)copper(II)}

The short carbonyl bond in the title compound, [Cu₂(C₇H₄­NO₃S)₄(C₃H₄N₂)₄] [Liu, Huang, Li & Lin (1991). Acta Cryst. C 47 , 41–43], is an artifact of disorder in the iso­thia­zol‐3(2H)‐one 1,1‐dioxide part of the 1,2‐benziso­thia­zol‐3(2H)‐one entity. In the present redetermination, all bond dimensions in the centrosymmetric dinuclear mol­ecule are normal. The five‐coordinate Cu atom shows trigonal–bipyramidal coordination. Hydro­gen bonds from the imidazole donor ligand link adjacent mol­ecules into a two‐dimensional layer structure.     

[N,N′‐Bis(3‐aminopropyl)ethylenediamine‐κ4N,N′,N′′,N′′′](trithiocyanurato‐κ2N,S)zinc(II) ethanol solvate

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [N,N′‐bis(3‐­amino­propyl)­ethyl­enedi­amine‐κ⁴N,N′,N′′,N′′′][1,3,5‐triazine‐2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)‐tri­thionato(2−)‐κ²N,S]­zinc(II) ethanol sol­vate, [Zn(C₈H₂₂N₄)₂(C₃HN₃S₃)]·C₂H₆O, the Zn^II atom is octa­hedrally coordinated by four N atoms [Zn—N = 2.104 (2)–2.203 (2) Å] of a tetradentate N‐donor N,N′‐bis(3‐­amino­propyl)­ethyl­enedi­amine (bapen) ligand and by two S and N atoms [Zn—S = 2.5700 (7) Å and Zn—N = 2.313 (2) Å] of a tri­thio­cyanurate(2−) (ttcH²⁻) dianion bonded as a bidentate ligand in a cis configuration. The crystal structure of the compound is stabilized by a network of hydrogen bonds.     

Di‐μ‐sulfido‐bis[diaqua(18‐crown‐6)­barium(II)]–saccharin (1/2)

The mol­ecule of the title compound {systematic name: di‐μ‐sulfido‐bis[di­aqua(1,4,7,10,13,16‐hexaoxa­cyclo­octade­cane‐κ⁶O)barium(II)] bis­[1,2‐benzisothiazol‐3(2H)‐one 1,1‐dioxide]}, [Ba₂S₂(C₁₂H₂₄O₆)₂(H₂O)₄](C₇H₅NO₃S)₂, lies on an inversion centre. The Ba^II atom encapsulated by the 18‐crown‐6 ring is coordinated by the six O atoms of the crown, two water O atoms and two bridging S atoms. The four‐membered ring composed of the Ba^II atoms and the bridging S atoms makes a dihedral angle of 67.1 (1)° with the crown‐ether ring. The aromatic ring system of the saccharin moiety is essentially planar. The packing is built up from layers of the mol­ecules and is stabilized by three intermolecular O—H?O hydrogen bonds.     

Diaqua­bis[4‐(4H‐1,2,4‐triazol‐4‐yl)­benzoato‐κ2O,O′]cobalt(II), and the cadmium(II) and copper(II) analogues: new self‐complementary hydrogen‐bond donor/acceptor modules for designing hydrogen‐bonded frameworks

In the isostructural title complexes, [M(C₉H₆N₃O₂)₂(H₂O)₂] [M = Co^II, (I), Cd^II, (II), and Cu^II, (III); the metal centres reside on a twofold axis in the space group C2/c for (I) and (II)], the metal centres are surrounded by four O atoms from two O,O′‐bidentate carboxyl­ate groups and by two trans‐coordinated aqua ligands, forming a distorted octa­hedral environment. The mol­ecules possess four hydrogen‐bond donor (two aqua ligands) and four hydrogen‐bond acceptor sites (two triazole groups), and aggregate by self‐association, forming two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded frameworks [via O—H⋯N inter­actions; O⋯N = 2.749 (3)–2.872 (3) Å]. The layers are parallel and are tightly packed with short inter­layer distances of 4.93, 4.95 and 5.01 Å for (I), (II) and (III), respectively.     

Cobalt(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of iso­quinoline‐3‐carbox­ylate

The crystal structures of the title complexes, namely trans‐bis­(iso­quinoline‐3‐carboxyl­ato‐κ²N,O)­bis­(methanol‐κO)cobalt(II), [Co(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(CH₃OH)₂], and the corresponding nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes, [Ni(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(CH₃OH)₂] and [Cu(C₁₀H₆NO₂)₂(CH₃OH)₂], are isomorphous and contain metal ions at centres of inversion. The three compounds have the same distorted octahedral coordination geometry, and each metal ion is bonded by two quinoline N atoms, two carboxyl­ate O atoms and two methanol O atoms. Two iso­quinoline‐3‐carboxyl­ate ligands lie in trans positions, forming the equatorial plane, and the two methanol ligands occupy the axial positions. The complex mol­ecules are linked together by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the methanol ligands and neighbouring carboxyl­ate groups.     

Diaqua­bis[5‐(pyrazin‐2‐yl‐κN1)‐1H‐tetra­zolato‐κN1]manganese(II) and diaqua­bis[5‐(pyrazin‐2‐yl‐κN1)‐1H‐tetra­zolato‐κN1]zinc(II)

The two new title complexes, [Mn(C₅H₃N₆)₂(H₂O)₂] and [Zn(C₅H₃N₆)₂(H₂O)₂], are isomorphous. In both compounds, the metal atom is located on an inversion center and is coordinated by four N atoms from two 5‐(pyrazin‐2‐yl)‐1H‐tetra­zolate anions in the basal plane and by two O atoms of water ligands in the apical positions to form a distorted octa­hedral geometry. Inter­molecular hydrogen‐bond inter­actions between the uncoordinated N atoms of the tetra­zolate anions and the H atoms of the water mol­ecules lead to the formation of a three‐dimensional network.     

Two‐dimensional square‐grid frameworks formed by self‐associating copper(II) complexes with 1‐(3‐pyridyl)‐ and 1‐(4‐pyridyl)‐substituted butane‐1,3‐diones

In bis­[1‐(3‐pyridyl)butane‐1,3‐dionato]copper(II) (the Cu atom occupies a centre of inversion), [Cu(C₉H₈NO₂)₂], (I), and bis­[1‐(4‐pyridyl)butane‐1,3‐dionato]copper(II) methanol solvate, [Cu(C₉H₈NO₂)₂]·CH₃OH, (II), the O,O′‐chelating diketonate ligands support square‐planar coordination of the metal ions [Cu—O = 1.948 (1)–1.965 (1) Å]. Weaker Cu⋯N inter­actions [2.405 (2)–2.499 (2) Å], at both axial sides, occur between symmetry‐related bis­(1‐pyridylbutane‐1,3‐dion­ato)copper(II) mol­ecules. This causes their self‐organization into two‐dimensional square‐grid frameworks, with uniform [6.48 Å for (I)] or alternating [4.72 and 6.66 Å for (II)] inter­layer separations. Guest methanol mol­ecules in (II) reside between the distal layers and form weak hydrogen bonds to coordinated O atoms [O⋯O = 3.018 (4) Å].     

π‐Stacking and hydrogen bonding in catena‐poly[[(4,4′‐bipyridine‐κN)­di­oxo­uranium(VI)]‐di‐μ‐hydroxo]

The title compound, [UO₂(OH)₂(C₁₀H₈N₂)]_n, was obtained under hydro­thermal conditions. The U atom is seven‐coordinated and its environment is penta­gonal bipyramidal, with the oxo atoms in axial positions, and one N atom and four hydroxide groups in the equatorial plane. The hydroxide ions are bridging, which results in the formation of infinite chains with the bipyridine mol­ecules alternately located on either side. Neighbouring chains inter­penetrate so that each bipyridine ligand is involved both in hydrogen bonds with two hydroxide ions and in π‐stacking with its two neighbours from the next chain.     

Dicarbonyldi‐μ‐chloro‐cis,cis‐η4‐1,5‐cyclo­octa­dienedirhodium(I)

The title compound, dicarbonyl‐1κ²C‐di‐μ‐chloro‐1:2κ⁴Cl‐[cis,cis‐2(η⁴)‐1,5‐cyclo­octa­diene]­di­rhodium(I), [Rh₂Cl₂(C₈H₁₂)(CO)₂], consists of a di­chloro‐bridged dimer of rhodium, with a non‐bonded Rh?Rh distance of 3.284 (2) Å. One Rh atom is coordinated to two carbonyl ligands, while the other Rh atom is coordinated to the cyclo­octa­diene moiety.     

Bis(dimethyl sulfoxide‐S)tetrakis(μ‐p‐hydroxybenzoato‐O:O′)dirhodium(II)–tetrakis(μ‐butyrato‐O:O′)bis(dimethyl sulfoxide‐S)dirhodium(II) cocrystal ethanol disolvate

The title structure, [Rh₂(C₇H₅O₃)₄(C₂H₆OS)₂]·[Rh₂(C₄H₇­O₂)₄(C₂H₆OS)₂]·2C₂H₆O, contains two discrete neutral Rh–Rh dimers cocrystallized as the ethanol disolvate. Each dimer is situated on an inversion center. The butyrate chain displays disorder in one C‐atom position. In each dimer, the di­methyl sulfoxide ligand (dmso) is bound via S, as expected. The ethanol is a hydrogen‐bond acceptor for one p‐hydroxy­benzoate hydroxyl group and acts as a hydrogen‐bond donor to the dmso O atom of a neighboring p‐hydroxy­benzoate dirhodium complex. A third hydrogen bond is formed from the other p‐hydroxy­benzoate hydroxyl group to the dmso O atom of a butyrate–dirhodium complex.