Azidokomplexe von Mangan(II) und Cobalt(II) Die Kristallstrukturen von (PPh4)2[Mn(N3)4] und (PPh4)2[Co(N3)3Cl]

Azido Complexes of Manganese(II) and Cobalt(II). Crystal Structures of (PPh₄)₂[Mn(N₃)₄] and PPh₄₂[Co(N₃)₃Cl] (PPh₄)₂[Mn(N₃)₄] and (PPh₄)₂[Co(N₃)₃Cl] were obtained as light-brown and green blue, nonexplosive crystalline compounds, respectively. They are only slightly sensitive to moisture and were obtained from the tetrachloro complexes (PPh₄)₂MCl₄ by reactions with silver azide in dichloromethane. The compounds were characterized by thier i.r. spectra and by crystal structure analyses. Both crystallized in the monoclinic space group C2/c, Z = 4, but they are not isotypic. (PPh₄)₂[Mn(N₃)₄]: structure determination with 711 independent reflexions, R = 0.097; a = 2249.1, b = 1499.6, c = 1370.3 pm, β = 104.86°. (PPh₄)₂[Co(N₃)Cl]: 2753 reflexions, R = 0.075; a = 1119.7, b = 1899.2, c = 2115.4 pm, β = 90.47°. The structures consist of PPh₄⁺ ions and of anions that are situated on twofold crystallographic rotation axes. The anions show positional disorder, statistically assuming two different orientations with probabilities of 50% each; in the case of [Co(N₃)₃Cl]^2?, the Cl atom is superimposed statistically with an azido group, whereas the [Mn(N₃)₄]^2? ion is tilted by about 20° from the ideal position to two sides of the crystallographic axis. In both compounds the cation form layers and the anions are located between the layers.