Synthesis and crystal structure of triaqua(18-crown-6)calcium bis(perchlorate) 18-crown-6 monohydrate

A complex [Ca(18C6)(H₂O)₃]²⁺(ClO ₄ ^? · 18C6 · H₂O is synthesized and studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The structure (space group P2₁/n, a = 11.570 Å, b = 16.024 Å, c = 22.225 Å, β = 98.89°, Z = 4) is solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.075 for 5305 independent reflections (CAD4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α radiation). In the complex cation of the host-guest type, the Ca²⁺ cation lies in the cavity of the 18-crown-6 ligand and is coordinated by all the six O atoms and three O atoms of three water molecules. In a crystal, the alternating complex anions, 18C6 molecules, and water molecules are joined by hydrogen bonds into broad infinite chains along the y axis. The disordered ClO ₄ ^? anions are bonded to these chains on the side through hydrogen bonds.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of hexaaquamagnesium 18-crown-6 dibromide dihydrate

A new complex compound [Mg(H₂O)₆]Br₂ · 18-crown-6 · 2H₂O(I) is synthesized, and its structure is studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystals are monoclinic: space group P2₁/c, a = 7.128 Å, b = 18.584 Å, c = 9.598 Å, Å = 103.01°, Z = 2; R = 0.039 for 2180 independent reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α radiation). The coordination polyhedron of the Mg²⁺ cation is a slightly distorted octahedron. The 18-crown-6 molecule has the conformation of a distorted crown with the approximate D _3d symmetry. The crystal contains a branched three-dimensional network of intermolecular (interionic) hydrogen bonds.     

Dibenzo-18-crown-6 diaqua(dibenzo-18-crown-6)potassium triiodide: Synthesis and crystal structure

A new compound, dibenzo-18-crown-6 diaqua(dibenzo-18-crown-6)potassium triiodide [K(Db18C6)(H₂O)₂)⁺ · I₃⁻ · Db18C6 (I), is synthesized and studied by X-ray crystallography. The crystals of compound I are orthorhombic: a = 22.065 ?, b = 22.140 ?, c = 9.433 ?, Z = 4, space group Pccn. Structure I is solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.098 for all 5974 unique reflections. Structure I contains the following asymmetric units: a half of the I₃⁻ centrosymmetric anion and two halves of the mixed equally average [K(Db18C6)(H₂O)₂]⁺ host—guest complex cation (a) and a free Db18C6 molecule, each stacked on the axes 2 of the perpendicularly averaged plane of the eighteen-membered macroheterocycle. In complex I, both Db18C6 molecules (a and b) have a “butterfly” conformation with approximate symmetry C _2v . Original Russian Text ? A.N. Chekhlov, 2009, published in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 516–520.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of triaqua[0.25(bromo)1.75(nitrato-O)]copper(II) 18-crown-6 hydrate (solvate)

A complex triaqua[0.25(bromo)1.75(nitrato-O)]copper(II) 18-crown-6 hydrate (solvate), [CuBr_0.25(NO₃)_1.75(H₂O)₃] · 18-crown-6 · 5H₂O, is synthesized, and its crystal structure is studied by X-ray diffraction analysis (space group Cmc2₁, a = 13.705, b = 14.583, c = 13.174 Å, Z = 4; direct method, full-matrix least-squares refinement in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.069 for 2547 independent reflections; CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α radiation). The mixed complex molecule is a randomly disordered mixture of [Cu(NO₃)₂(H₂O)₃] and [CuBr(NO₃)(H₂O)₃] molecules with site occupancies of 0.875 and 0.125, respectively. The mixed complex molecule and 18-crown-6 molecule lie on the m plane. In the main complex molecule [Cu(NO₃)₂(H₂O)₃], the coordination polyhedron of the Cu²⁺ cation is a slightly distorted square pyramid. The 18-crown-6 molecule has the conformation of a crown with the approximate symmetry D _3d .     

(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.     

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 aqua(dibenzo-18-crown-6)potassium (dibenzo-18-crown-6)(perchlorato-O)potassium perchlorate

A new compound, aqua(dibenzo-18-crown-6)potassium (dibenzo-18-crown-6)(perchlorato-O)potassium perchlorate ([K(DB18C6)(H₂O)]⁺ · [K(ClO₄)(DB18C6)] · ClO ₄ ^? ; compound I) is synthesized and studied by X-ray crystallography. The crystals are triclinic: a = 9.050 Å, b = 9.848 Å, c = 26.484 Å, α = 82.87°, β = 84.16°, γ = 77.93°, Z = 2, space group P $\bar 1$ . The structure is solved by a direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.058 for 5960 independent reflections (CAD4 diffractometer, λMoK _α radiation). A complex cation [K(DB18C6)(H₂O)]⁺ and a complex molecule [K(ClO₄)(DB18C6)] are of the host-guest type; they are linked into a dimer through two K⁺ → π(C) bonds formed by one of the two K⁺ cations with two C atoms of the benzene ring of the DB18C6 ligand from the adjacent complex. Both DB18C6 ligands in I have a butterfly conformation with approximate symmetry C _2v .     

Synthesis and crystal structure of ammonium (picrate) (dibenzo-18-crown-6)

NH₄(Pic)(DB18C6) (Pic=picrate and DB18C6=dibenzo-18-crown-6), (C₂₆H₃₀N₄O₁₃) FW 606.56, arthorhombic,Pmn2₁,a=26.045(5),b=12.055(3),c=8.982(3) Å,V=2820(1) ų,Z=4,D _c =1.429 g/cm³, CuK, =1.54184 Å, (CuK)=9.5 cm^–1,F(000)=1272,T=298 K. The structure has been refined toR=0.0475 for 2617 unique observed reflections. In the lattice the 1:1 complex exists as a 2:2 dimer in which the crown are coupled through the Pic anions and NH₄ ⁺ cations. The asymmetric unit consists of two independent half crown ethers of which two opposite O atoms are on the mirror plane, two half ammonium cations of which the N and two H atoms are also on the mirror plane while the Pic anion is in a general position. Relative to each other, the corwn ethers are shifted by about 7.3 Å alongb and 1 Å alongc. The 1:1 sandwich of NH₄ with DB18C6 and Pic on dimerisation becomes a club pseudo-sandwich with three phenyl rings on either side of the mirror plane, thus forming a nearly parallel stack with a 3.6 Å inter-ring distance. The NH₄ ions hold the structure; two H atoms on the mirror plane are hydrogen-bonded to the opposite oxygens of the crown located on the purely aliphatic part of the ring (2.10(1), 2.06(3) and 2.26(3), 2.05(1) Å) for the two independent crowns, respectively, while the other two H atoms form mirror-related bifurcated hydrogen bonds with the phenoxide oxygen (1.99(1) and 2.01(1) Å) and theo-nitrogen oxygen (2.44(2) and 2.34(1) Å) of the picrates. Supplementary Data relating to this article are deposited with the British Library as Supplementary Publication No. SUP 82037 (29 pages)     

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).     

Crystal Structure of Bis(dibenzo-18-crown-6)rubidium Triiodide

Crystalline bis(dibenzo-18-crown-6)rubidium triiodide complex [Rb(DB18C6)₂]⁺ · I₃ ^– (I) is synthesized and its structure is studied by X-ray diffraction analysis. The structure of I (space group Pnma, a = 23.854 Å, b = 23.612 Å, c = 7.863 Å, Z = 4) is solved by the direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.079 against 3990 independent reflections (CAD4 automated diffractometer, MoK ). Structural units of crystal I are the I₃ ^– anions and [Rb(DB18C6)₂]⁺ cations. The crystal has the structure intermediate between that of a standard host–guest complex and a sandwich complex. In the structure of complex I, the crystallographic plane with symmetry m passes through the I₃ ^– anion (perpendicularly to its axis) and complex cation. The coordination polyhedron of the Rb⁺ cation is a strongly distorted hexagonal pyramid with the O atom of one crown ligand at the axial vertex and a base of six O atoms of another DB18C6 crown ligand.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of aqua(dibenzo-18-crown-6)potassium (dibenzo-18-crown-6)-(tetrachlorocuprato(II)-Cl)potassium

New mixed complex compound aqua(dibenzo-18-crown-6)potassium (dibenzo-18-crown-6)(tetrachlorocuprato(II)-Cl)potassium, [K(CuCl₄)(Db18C6)]^? · [K(Db18C6)(H₂O)]⁺, is synthesized and its crystal structure is studied by the method of x-ray structural analysis. The structure includes two independent complex ions, both of guest-host type: two cations K⁺ are located in the respective cavities of the Db18C6 crown-ligand (one in each) and each is coordinated by all its six O atoms and one Cl atom of the anion-ligand [CuCl₄]^2? or O atom of the ligand water molecule. Coordination of these two K⁺ cations is completed to hexagonal pyramidal one by formation by each of unusually weak coordination bond K⁺ → π(\(C\dddot - C\)) with two C atoms of respective benzene ring in the neighboring Db18C6 ligand. In this crystal structure the complex anions and cations form dual infinite chains via these coordination bonds and interionic O-H?Cl hydrogen bonds.     

(18-crown-6)potassium tris(thiocyanato)nickelate(II): Synthesis and crystal structure

A new crystalline complex, (18-crown-6)potassium tris(thiocyanato)nickelate(II), [Ni(SCN)₃K(18-crown-6)] _n (I) was synthesized and studied by X-ray diffraction: space group Cmc2₁, a = 14.749, b = 15.045, c = 10.216 Å, Z = 4, direct method, least-squares full-matrix refinement in anisotropic approximation to R = 0.022 on 2214 independent reflection, CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α. In crystal structure I, the [Ni(SCN)₃] _n ^? chains are directed along the axis z with the host-guest [K(18-crown-6)]⁺ fragments attached through the weak K-S bonds to the chains at the side. The complex cations and anions lie in crystallographic plane m. The Ni²⁺ cation has a distorted octahedral coordination. The coordination polyhedron of the K⁺ cation is a distorted hexagonal pyramid with six O atoms of the 18-crown-6 ligand in the base and bifurcate axial vertex at the S and S′ atoms of two SCN^? ligands.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of diaqua(trinitrato)iron(III) 18-crown-6

A novel complex adduct, diaqua(trinitrato)iron(III) 18-crown-6, [Fe(NO₃)₃(H₂O)₂] · 18-crown-6, was synthesized and its crystal structure was studied by X-ray diffraction: space group C2/c, a = 10.073, b = 18.069, c = 25.326 Å, β = 91.51°, Z = 8. The structure was solved by the direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.076 for 4090 independent reflections (CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK_α). The structure contains isolated complex molecule [Fe(NO₃)₃(H₂O)₂] and two halves of independent molecules 18-crown-6, one of which is statistically disordered about axis 2, while another one is located around the inversion center and is somewhat disordered with respect to the latter. In the complex molecule, the coordination polyhedron of the Fe³⁺ cation is a distorted pentagonal bipyramid with five O atoms of three NO ₃ ^? ligands in a base and two O atoms of two water molecules in the axial vertices. The alternating complex molecules and the disordered 18-crown-6 molecules are joined by hydrogen bonds into “thick” infinite chains along the z axis.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of hexakis(isothiocyanato)erbium(III) thiocyanate bis(18-crown-6)dipotassium bis[(18-crown-6)ethanolpotassium]

A new complex compound, [K₂(18-crown-6)₂[K(18-crown-6)(EtOH)]₂[Er(NCS)₆](SCN) (I), was synthesized and its crystal structure was studied by X-ray diffraction. In this work, the synthes and X-ray difraction stady of the crystals of a new complex, hexakis (isothiocyanato) erbiu(III) thiocyanate bis(18-crown-6) dipotassium bis(18-crown-6) ethanolpotassium], [K₂(18-crown-6)₂][K(18-crown-6)(ETON)]₂[Er(NCS)₆(SCN)(I)] are described. In crystal I, the alternating [Er(NCS)₆]^3? anions and binuclear complex cation [K(18-crown-6)₂]²⁺ from infinite chains via the F-S bonds, while two complex cations [K(18-crown-6)(ETON)]⁺ and the statistically disordered SCN^? anion between them are linked by the hydragen bonds O-H…S and O-H…N. Complex I contains the host-guest complex cations [K₂(18-crown-6)₂)]²⁺ and [K(18-crown-6)(ETON)]⁺ [1]. The alternating octabedral [Er(NCS)₆]^3? anions and binuclear complex cations [K₂(18-crown-6)₂]²⁺of crystal I form infinite chains via the K-S bonds, while two complex cations [K(18-crown-6)(EtOH)]⁺ and the statistically disordered SCN^? anion lying between them are linked by interionic hydrogen bonds O-H…S and O-H…N. Complex I contains the host-guest complex cations [K₂(18-crown-6)₂]²⁺ and [K(18-crown-6)(EtOH)]⁺ [1].     

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.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of (dibenzo-18-crown-6)bis(thiocyanato-S)mercury(II)

A new host-guest complex (dibenzo-18-crown-6)bis(thiocyanato-S)mercury(II), [Hg(SCN)₂(DB18C6], was synthesized and studied by X-ray diffraction method. The crystal structure (space group P2₁/n, a = 19.372, b = 8.199, c = 31.799 Å, β = 103.58°, Z = 8) was solved by the direct method and refined by the full-matrix least-squares method in the anisotropic approximation to R = 0.092 for 6392 independent reflections; CAD-4 autodiffractometer, λMoK _α. In two independent similar complex molecules, the Hg²⁺ cation lies in the cavity of the DB18C6 crown ligand and is coordinated by all the six O atoms and is covalently bonded to two S atoms of the SCN^? ligands lying on the opposite sides of the mean plane of the six O atoms of the DB18C6 ligand. The coordination polyhedron of two independent Hg atoms is a distorted hexagonal bipyramid. Both independent DB18C6 ligands have the “butterfly” conformation with the approximate C _2v symmetry.     

(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.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of (dibenzo-18-crown-6)(iodo)(trichlorometane)potassium

A new complex compound (dibenzo-18-crown-6)(iodo)(trichlorometane)potassium was obtained. Its crystal structure was studied by X-ray structural analysis. The complex molecule is built by the “guest-host” type: its K⁺ cation is in the crown ligand hollow and is coordinated via its all six O atoms, and also via the iodine ligand I and one Cl atom of the ligand CHCl₃ molecule. The coordination polyhedron of this K⁺ cation is a slightly distorted hexagonal bipyramid. In the crystal structure the complex molecules are connected in infinite chains by intercomplex hydrogen bonds Cl₃C-H?I ⁱ between the ligand molecule CHCl₃ and the iodine ligand of a neighboring complex molecule.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of (18-crown-6)(perchlorato-O)(triphenylphosphine oxide)potassium

A new complex, (18-crown-6)(perchlorato-O)(triphenylphosphine oxide)potassium, was synthesized and its structure was studied by X-ray diffraction. The crystals are trigonal: a = 14.419,c = 13.895 Å, Z = 3, space group R3m; the structure was solved by the direct method and refined by the anisotropic full-matrix least-squares method, R = 0.079 on 1930 independent reflections, CAD-4 automated diffractometer, λMoK _α . The structure contains a highly symmetric host-guest complex molecule [K(ClO₄)(18-crown-6)(Ph₃PO)] in position 3m (with three Ph rings of the Ph₃PO ligand and all the O atoms of a crown ligand lying in three m planes). The coordination polyhedron of the K⁺ cation is a distorted hexagonal bipyramid with six O atom of the 18-crown-6 ligand in a base and the O atom of the Ph₃PO ligand and disordered O atom of the ClO ₄ ^? ligand in the axial vertices.