Crystal and molecular structure of chloro-bis(1,2-cyclohexanedione-dioxime)triphenylphosphinecobalt(III)

The structure of chloro-bis(1,2-cyclohexanedionediaxwte)triphenylphosphinecobalt(III) Co(NioxH)₂PPh₃Cl] was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal is monoclinic, a = 17.049(3), b = 15.223(3), c = 11.032(3) å, Β = 87.44(2)?, R(hkl) = 0.068 for 2739 reflections with I ≥2Σ(I). The structure is molecular. In the octahedral complex, the cobalt(III) atom is coordinated by two NioxH residues (av Co-N = 1.876 å), the phosphorus atom (Co-P = 2.307 å), and the Cl^- union (Co-Cl = 2.260 å). In the crystal, there are weak intermolecular interactions C-H…Cl and C-H…O.