Abstract: | Sulfur(IV) Compounds as Ligands. II. The Crystal and Molecular Structure of Pentacarbonyl--(sulfur dioxide)chromium The structure of pentacarbonyl(sulfurdioxide)chromium ( 1 ) has been determined from single crystal X-ray data. The compound crystallizes with eight formula units in the rhombic unit cell (space group Pbn21) of the dimensions a = 657.8(2) pm, b = 1245.2(4) pm, c = 2177.4(5) pm (at 180 K). The sulfur dioxide is η1-coplanar coordinated, the Cr? S distance is 219 pm, the shortest bond reported so far between chromium(0) and sulfur. The Cr? C(ax) bond (189 pm) was found only marginally shorter than the Cr? C(eq) bonds (190 pm) providing proof of the high π-acceptor capacity of SO2. |