Synthesis and crystal structure of pyridine and methanol coordinated α-octabutyloxyphthalocyaninatocobalt (II)

Crystal structure of pyridine and methanol axially coordinated 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octabutyloxyphthalocyaninatocobalt(II)(viz. α-octabutyloxyphthalocyaninatocobalt) [(n-BuO)₈Pc]. Co(Py)(MeOH) (1) was determined by X-ray diffraction methods. Crystal data: monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, Z = 4, a = 1.06482(4), b = 3.5487(2), c = 1.79428(9) nm, β=103.246(2)°, V = 6.5792(5) nm³, μ = 0.325 mm^-1. The result shows that the ring skeleton of 1 maintains planar conformation, which is similar to that of unsubstituted phthalocyanine but is remarkably different from the saddle shape conformation of 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octabutyloxyphthalocyaninatocopper (II) [(n-BuO)₈Pc]Cu(2), which has no axial coordination. In the structure of 1, the substituents butyloxy groups of 1 somewhat deviate from the ring plane, while pyridine and methanol are coordinated to the center atom Co from opposite sides of the ring plane. In addition, all molecules are stacked along axis a to form one-dimensional molecule chain, the neighboring molecules in the chain overlap to some extent with a benzene ring and a distance of 0.3565 nm.