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Controlled heating of single crystals of the previously reported [Köferstein & Robl (2007). Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 633, 1127-1130] dihydrate {[Co(pht)(bpy)(H2O)2]·2H2O}n, (II) [where pht is phthalate (C8H4O4) and bpy is 4,4'-bi­pyridine (C10H8N2)], produced a topotactic transformation into an un­reported di­aqua anhydrate, namely poly[di­aqua([mu]2-benzene-1,2-di­carboxyl­ato-[kappa]2O1:O2)­([mu]2-4,4'-bi­pyridine-[kappa]2N:N')cobalt(II)], [Co(C8H4O4)(C10H8N2)(H2O)2]n, (IIa). The structural change consists of the loss of the two solvent water mol­ecules linking the original two-dimensional covalent substructures which are the `main frame' of the monoclinic P2/n hydrate (strictly preserved during the transformation), with further reaccommodation of the latter. The anhydrate organizes itself in the ortho­rhom­bic system (space group Pmn21) in a disordered fashion, where the space-group-symmetry restrictions are achieved only in a statistical sense, with mirror-related two-dimensional planar substructures, mirrored in a plane perpendicular to [100]. Thus, the asymmetric unit in the refined model is composed of two superimposed mirror-related `ghosts' of half-occupancy each. Similarities and differences with the parent dihydrate and some other related structures in the literature are discussed.

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Introduction top

Our group has studied a family of CoII complexes of general formula [Co(pht)n1(bpy)n2(H2O)n3].(H2O)n4 (where pht is phthalate and bpy is 4,4'-bi­pyridine), and which we shall represent for simplicity by the shorthand subindices notation n1:n2:n3:(n4). The system aroused our inter­est due to its elusiveness, the final formulation of these compounds being extremely sensitive to the synthetic conditions.

Thermal treatment of some members of the family [in particular, the 1:1:1:(3) compound, (I) (Harvey et al., 2014), and the 1:1:2:(2) compound, (II) (Köferstein & Robl, 2007)], as either powdered samples or single crystals, showed a number of similar features. Indeed, both starting pale-rose hydrated materials (I) and (II) transformed into deep-purple dehydrated products. The first mass loss detected in thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) studies agreed with the loss of the solvent water molecules in both cases: three molecules per formula for (I) at 375–405 K, giving (Ia), and two molecules per formula for (II) at ca 395–415 K, yielding (IIa). Although (Ia) showed a rather poor crystallinity – as expected given the key structural role played by these water molecules in the building up of the structure of (I) – precluding any direct structural characterization (Harvey et al. 2014), experiments performed on individual single crystals of (II) carefully heated in a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) apparatus up to the end of the first thermal peak allowed us to conduct this first dehydration process in such a way that the obtained specimens were single crystals suitable for X-ray data collection and (with some effort, see Experimental, Section 2) structure determination of (IIa). The results show that the (IIa) specimens correspond to disordered crystals with a so far unreported anhydrate of composition 1:1:2:(0), viz. [Co(pht)(bpy)(H2O)2]n, (IIa), the structure of which is presented presented herein. A conspicuous feature of the structure is the extremely ordered fashion in which disorder is achieved, a fact which will be discussed below. The colour change due to dehydration is explained in terms of the change in the coordination sphere of the CoII cations.

Experimental top

Synthesis and crystallization top

The parent dihydrate, (II), was synthesized through a slightly modified version of the method reported by Köferstein & Robl (2007). An aqueous solution of 4,4'-bpy (31.2 mg, 0.2 mmol, 2 ml H2O, T = 353 K) was added to an aqueous solution of Co(NO3).6(H2O) (29.1 mg, 0.1 mmol, 1 ml H2O), and to the resulting mixture an aqueous solution of potassium hydrogen pthalate (20.4 mg, 0.1 mmol, 1 ml H2O) was added. The whole system was kept for 5 d at 353 K and autogenous pressure in a Teflon-lined Parr digestion vessel. After cooling to room temperature at 5 K h-1, pale-rose prismatic crystals were obtained, suitable for all subsequent experiments. Analysis for C18H20CoN2O8, found (calculated): C 48.3 (47.91), H 4.5 (4.47), N 6.1% (6.21%).

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments on selected single crystals of (II) were conducted on a Shimadzu DSC-50 apparatus, at a heating rate of 5 K min-1 under an N2 atmosphere, using aluminum pans. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed under similar conditions using a Shimadzu TGA-51H thermobalance. Elemental analyses were carried out at the Servicio a Terceros of INQUIMAE on a Carlo Erba CHNS-O EA1108 analyser. Diffuse refle­cta­nce spectra of both (II) and (IIa) were acquired on a pressed sample (Na2SO4 diluted) on an Ocean Optics instrument (OOIBase32) with a 50 mm integrating sphere. Typical corrections were applied. The corrected refle­cta­nce value for a given sample was thus calculated as R = (Sa - D)/(Ref - D), where Sa, Ref and D stand for the measured values for that sample, for the reference and in the dark, respectively. The K/S coefficient, where K = (1-R)2 and S = 2R, has been plotted against λ (Fig. 5). For (II), λmax = 485 nm, and for the dehydration product (IIa), λmax = 536 nm

Refinement top

Difficulties in structure determination of (IIa) initially suggested this to be a hopeless case of merohedral twinning (no splitting in the CCD frames). Attempts to solve and refine the structure as a twin in the monoclinic space group Pn [subgroup of the parent structure (II), space group P2/n] were not successful. However, the problem was finally treated satisfactorily in the orthorhombic system (suggested by the cell metrics), space group Pmn21 (uniquely defined by the systematic extinctions), with a split model of two mirror-related images of 0.50 occupancy each. Oddly, this (crystallographic) mirror plane exists only in a statistical sense, as the mirror-related entities are physically incompatible. Probably due to poor data quality (1427 observed reflections for 230 refined parameters), some strong SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2008) similarity restraints on distances (SAME 0.01, FLAT 0.01) and displacement factors (RIGU 0.001, SIMU 0.002) were needed to ensure a reasonable geometry.

H atoms attached to C atoms were added at their expected positions (C—H = 0.93 Å) and allowed to ride, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C) [Multiplier missing originally - please check what has been added]. Water H atoms could obviously not be traced and were not included in the model.

Results and discussion top

Table 1 presents the full crystallographic data for (IIa), while columns 2 and 3 in Table 2 display a few comparative values for the two topotactically related structures, (II) and (IIa) (the remaining columns will be discussed later). Table 3, in turn, provides a comparison of the coordination distances for (II) and (IIa). The result of dehydration of the monoclinic (P2/n) structure, (II), is an orthorhombic anhydrate, (IIa), which organizes itself in the space group Pmn21 in a highly disordered fashion where the space group symmetry restrictions are achieved only in a statistical sense. Fig. 1(a) presents a view of one of the two related halves in the asymmetric unit of (IIa); the remaining half (not drawn, for clarity) is obtained by application of the crystallographic mirror plane normal to [100] and going through atoms Co1, N12, N22, C32 and C82 of the bpy spacer. Thus, the asymmetric unit in our model is composed of two superimposed mirror-related `ghosts' of half-occupancy each. At this point, a first difference between (II) and (IIa) can be highlighted. In the dihydrate, the molecule is strictly symmetric, threaded by a twofold axis passing through the cation and the bpy units, and the coordination sphere around the CoII cations is almost strictly o­cta­hedral. In the case of the anhydrate, this symmetry is lost and replaced by the `twinning' mirror plane relating nonsymmetric entities. This loss of symmetry is clearly assessed in Table 3, where the splitting [in (IIa)] of the symmetry-related distances in (II) is apparent. In addition, a clear lengthening of CoII···bpy distances is observed in (IIa), which could explain the colour change (a red shift of the likely dd transition ascribed to a more distant position of both strong-field bpy ligands), as well as its increased intensity, likely due to the lack of symmetry. A further difference between the (otherwise strikingly similar) units is to be found in the conformation of the bridging bpy, where individual pyridine units depart from a parallel disposition in a significantly different way, by 53.85 (9)° in (II) and 78.8 (8)° in (IIa) (Fig. 1b shows a least-squares fit of both molecular environments of the CoII cation, where similarities and differences can be clearly appreciated).

Similarities extend to the leitmotif in the crystal packing. This is the [Co(pht)(bpy)(H2O)2]n planar substructure shown in Fig. 2, in the form of a re­cta­ngular mesh having a –bpy– spacer along b and a –pht– one along a, joining CoII cations at the corners. Fig. 3, in turn, shows two views of the stacking of these planar arrays for both compounds, now seen sideways, in projection along the bpy spacers. Fig. 3(a) shows the case of (II), with the solvent water molecules (with a grey background) located between the layers and fulfilling the role of active connectors. Fig. 3(b) presents the corresponding view in (IIa), with narrow grey lines indicating the regions where these solvent molecules used to be. Comparison of the corresponding cell lengths in the two structures (Table 2) clearly reveals the geometric consequences of the loss of the solvent water molecules. The effect is almost nil along b (slight expansion < 0.5% along the bpy bridge) and a (slight contraction < 0.6% along the pht bridge) but significant along c [a noticeable contraction of ~7% in the [001] direction and ~8% in the (002) inter­planar spacing]. The contracting effect along [001] is thus apparent.

The inter­planar linkage in (II) is achieved through the inter­mediation of the solvent water molecules (Fig. 3a, grey zones), so their removal should introduce some instability to the resulting structure. The observed 8% inter­planar shrinkage and a parallel in-plane reaccommodation, with a concomitant reshuffling of the contacts of the aqua molecules, tend to mediate this potential weakness. The inter­planar hydrogen bonds to atom O11 in the dihydrate (Table 4, entries 1 and 4), basically developing the structure along a, are kept unperturbed upon dehydration, as expected from the discussion above, while the bonds originally involving the (now removed) solvent water molecule O3W (Table 4, entries 2 and 3) redirect to atom O31 and form new links to neighbouring planes, as presented in Table 5. Even though the water H atoms could not be included in the (IIa) model, Table 5 presents short O···O contacts clearly ascribable to hydrogen bonds. Indeed, further heating at higher temperatures gave rise to noncrystalline products; the solid obtained from a crop of single crystals heated up to ca 548 K (above the second mass loss in TGA) in a DSC apparatus turned to be a Co:1:1:1(0) anhydrate after elemental analysis [analysis for C18H16CoN2O6, found (calculated): C 55.3 (54.42), H 3.6 (3.55), N 6.8% (7.05%)].

On the other hand, for this reshuffling yielding (IIa) to be feasible, neighbouring planes have to reaccommodate parallel to each other, and the way in which this happens is clearly disclosed from Fig. 4, where [001] projections of the distribution of CoII cations for both structures are presented. In structure (II), cations in neighbouring layers (shown in blue and cyan, respectively) alternate in a nearly centred structure, with similar Co···Co distances between nearest neighbours in vicinal planes [8.193 (2) and 9.225 (2) Å]. However, with this molecular disposition the shortest O···O contact which the coordinated water O atom could make to a neighbouring O atom from a parallel plane would be O1···O3(-x, -y + 1, -z + 2) = 4.940 (4) Å. Thus, a parallel shift between planes would be in force to allow for the shorter approach reported in Table 5 to take place. Fig. 4(b) shows this to be the case, with a significant differentiation of Co···Co distances between adjacent planes [viz. 6.814 (2) and 10.873 (2) Å], suggesting some kind of alignment of coordination polyhedra along c.

Looking for related structures in the literature, we found two compounds of the same 1:1:2:(0) type and similar topology (Table 2, columns 4 and 5). The first is a CoII complex with tetra­fluoro­phthalate instead of pht, viz. catena-[(µ2-tetra­fluoro­phthalato)(µ2-4,4'-bi­pyridine)­diaqua­cobalt], (III) [Cambridge Structural Database (CSD; Version 5.35; Allen, 2002) refcode QUKQOD (Hulvey et al., 2009)]. In spite of having different space groups, (III) and (IIa) are very nearly isostructural, with the only difference for (III) being a cell doubling along the direction of the bpy bridge. The mesh size and geometry are basically unaltered (Table 2), and the replacement of H for F in the phenyl ring has an expansion effect in the inter­planar (002) spacing (Table 2). Irrespective of this, the hydrogen-bonding scheme is the same as that described for (IIa), with one intra­planar hydrogen bond along a and a second one linking planes along c.

The second compound selected for comparison includes ZnII as the cation and 1,2-phenyl­enedi­acetate instead of pht, viz. catena-[(µ2-2,2'-phenyl­enedi­acetato)(µ2-4,4'-bi­pyridine)­diaqua­zinc], (IV) (CSD refcode CUYHEK; Yang et al., 2010). The compound presents a two-dimensional substructure topologically identical to that in (IIa), with an expected geometric expansion along a (Table 2) due to the larger CH2CO2 bridging arms compared with CO2 in (IIa). However, the way in which the linkage between planes takes place deserves a detailed analysis. Even though the inter­action scheme is the same as usual (one `in-plane' and one `inter­plane' hydrogen bond), the longer arms allow for a more expanded disposition of the carboxyl­ate acceptor along the c direction. Thus, the inter­action ends up taking place between planar arrays separated by exactly one whole c translation [d(001) = 7.098 Å], much larger than those discussed previously for (II), (IIa) and (III). The result is that the (now very large) voids appearing between planes in this hydrogen-bonded three-dimensional substructure are filled by a similar inter­penetrating substructure with no relevant inter­actions with the former one (except second-order contacts). The shift parallel to the planes between these two substructures is ca a/2, b/2, so that the inter­planar inter­action linking the planes in one of them goes exactly through the unoccupied centre of a mesh in the other.

Summarizing, the present analysis suggests that the two-dimensional array found in (IIa) is certainly not exclusive and appears to be a robust building block, accepting a variety of ligands and cations. Even though its geometry (as a right-angled mesh) seems to be rather stiff, it can accept a number of inter­planar inter­actions, all of them promoted by the aqua H atoms, either as direct connectors [as in (III) and (IV)] or as inter­mediate linkers [as in (II)].

Related literature top

For related literature, see: Allen (2002); Harvey et al. (2014); Hulvey et al. (2009); Köferstein & Robl (2007); Sheldrick (2008); Yang et al. (2010).

Computing details top

Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); cell refinement: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2013); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).

Figures top
[Figure 1] Fig. 1. (a) A molecular view of one of the two related halves in the asymmetric unit of (IIa), showing the atom-numbering scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. [Symmetry code: (i) x, y, z + 1]. (b) An overlapping view of the molecular units of (IIa) and (II) (solid and broken lines, respectively).
[Figure 2] Fig. 2. A packing view of (IIa), projected along [001], showing one of the two-dimensional network structures.
[Figure 3] Fig. 3. Comparative packing views of (II) and (IIa), projected along [010]. For (II), details of the hydrogen bonds (broken lines) are presented in Table 3. For (IIa), details of the O···O contacts that can be interpreted as hydrogen bonds are presented in Table 4.
[Figure 4] Fig. 4. Comparative packing views of (a) (II) and (b) (IIa), projected along [001], showing the different cation dispositions. Distances are in ångström?
[Figure 5] Fig. 5. A plot of the K/S coefficient versus λ, where K = (1-R)2 and S = 2R. For (II), λmax = 485 nm, and for the dehydration product (IIa), λmax = 536 nm.
Poly[diaqua(µ2-benzene-1,2-dicarboxylato-κ2O1:O2)(µ2-4,4'-bipyridine-κ2N:N')cobalt(II)] top
Crystal data top
[Co(C8H4O4)(C10H8N2)(H2O)2]Dx = 1.579 Mg m3
Mr = 415.27Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
Orthorhombic, Pmn21Cell parameters from 902 reflections
a = 7.575 (5) Åθ = 3.8–24.2°
b = 11.410 (5) ŵ = 1.02 mm1
c = 10.106 (5) ÅT = 294 K
V = 873.5 (8) Å3Prism, violet
Z = 20.40 × 0.35 × 0.30 mm
F(000) = 426
Data collection top
Oxford Gemini S Ultra CCD area-detector
diffractometer
1973 independent reflections
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube1427 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Graphite monochromatorRint = 0.078
ω scans, thick slicesθmax = 29.2°, θmin = 3.8°
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009)
h = 1010
Tmin = 0.65, Tmax = 0.74k = 1314
6622 measured reflectionsl = 1212
Refinement top
Refinement on F2Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
Least-squares matrix: fullH-atom parameters constrained
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.064 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0843P)2 + 0.948P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
wR(F2) = 0.171(Δ/σ)max < 0.001
S = 1.00Δρmax = 0.71 e Å3
1973 reflectionsΔρmin = 0.42 e Å3
230 parametersAbsolute structure: Flack (1983); refined as an inversion twin
435 restraintsAbsolute structure parameter: 0.33 (10)
Crystal data top
[Co(C8H4O4)(C10H8N2)(H2O)2]V = 873.5 (8) Å3
Mr = 415.27Z = 2
Orthorhombic, Pmn21Mo Kα radiation
a = 7.575 (5) ŵ = 1.02 mm1
b = 11.410 (5) ÅT = 294 K
c = 10.106 (5) Å0.40 × 0.35 × 0.30 mm
Data collection top
Oxford Gemini S Ultra CCD area-detector
diffractometer
1973 independent reflections
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009)
1427 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Tmin = 0.65, Tmax = 0.74Rint = 0.078
6622 measured reflections
Refinement top
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.064H-atom parameters constrained
wR(F2) = 0.171Δρmax = 0.71 e Å3
S = 1.00Δρmin = 0.42 e Å3
1973 reflectionsAbsolute structure: Flack (1983); refined as an inversion twin
230 parametersAbsolute structure parameter: 0.33 (10)
435 restraints
Special details top

Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes.

Refinement. Refined as a 2-component inversion twin.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/UeqOcc. (<1)
Co10.50000.11228 (9)0.5146 (9)0.0314 (4)
N120.50000.3025 (5)0.5173 (16)0.0243 (10)
N220.50000.9194 (5)0.5078 (13)0.0280 (12)
C320.50000.5468 (6)0.5227 (16)0.0253 (11)
C820.50000.6755 (6)0.517 (3)0.0261 (11)
O111.016 (3)0.0518 (10)0.6642 (17)0.037 (2)0.5
O210.7300 (18)0.1045 (11)0.643 (2)0.0317 (17)0.5
O311.004 (4)0.0623 (10)0.3469 (15)0.034 (2)0.5
O411.2889 (15)0.1105 (12)0.392 (2)0.0278 (18)0.5
C110.9523 (16)0.2410 (11)0.5716 (15)0.0307 (12)0.5
C210.8999 (15)0.3482 (13)0.6218 (12)0.0311 (14)0.5
H21A0.82900.35060.69690.037*0.5
C310.951 (2)0.4521 (10)0.5622 (17)0.0311 (15)0.5
H31A0.91530.52320.59830.037*0.5
C411.055 (2)0.4513 (12)0.4496 (17)0.0308 (15)0.5
H41A1.08800.52090.40860.037*0.5
C511.1087 (16)0.3438 (13)0.3996 (13)0.0305 (14)0.5
H51A1.17930.34110.32440.037*0.5
C611.0579 (17)0.2407 (10)0.4607 (15)0.0297 (12)0.5
C710.8943 (16)0.1245 (14)0.637 (2)0.0317 (14)0.5
C811.1236 (17)0.1252 (14)0.397 (2)0.0289 (15)0.5
C120.4313 (10)0.3601 (11)0.6194 (14)0.0253 (13)0.5
H12A0.38910.31720.69100.030*0.5
C220.4198 (19)0.4815 (10)0.6237 (15)0.0255 (13)0.5
H22A0.36020.51880.69230.031*0.5
C420.5555 (17)0.4851 (10)0.4102 (14)0.0255 (13)0.5
H42A0.58910.52490.33390.031*0.5
C520.5595 (11)0.3633 (10)0.4147 (14)0.0253 (13)0.5
H52A0.60570.32280.34280.030*0.5
C620.3551 (12)0.8591 (8)0.4773 (10)0.0284 (14)0.5
H62A0.25170.90000.45960.034*0.5
C720.3522 (15)0.7377 (8)0.4709 (18)0.0275 (14)0.5
H72A0.25470.69830.43700.033*0.5
C920.6590 (12)0.7397 (7)0.529 (2)0.0263 (14)0.5
H92A0.76720.70150.53480.032*0.5
C1020.6492 (11)0.8614 (8)0.5333 (12)0.0276 (14)0.5
H10A0.75020.90380.55440.033*0.5
O1W0.357 (2)0.1045 (12)0.687 (2)0.027 (3)0.5
O2W0.659 (3)0.1106 (14)0.333 (2)0.034 (4)0.5
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Co10.0241 (6)0.0146 (5)0.0555 (8)0.0000.0000.0036 (13)
N120.023 (2)0.0188 (18)0.031 (2)0.0000.0000.003 (3)
N220.029 (2)0.021 (2)0.035 (3)0.0000.0000.004 (3)
C320.025 (2)0.0201 (18)0.031 (2)0.0000.0000.003 (3)
C820.027 (2)0.0206 (18)0.030 (2)0.0000.0000.004 (3)
O110.021 (4)0.027 (4)0.064 (5)0.009 (4)0.000 (4)0.006 (4)
O210.020 (3)0.021 (3)0.054 (3)0.006 (3)0.000 (2)0.001 (4)
O310.012 (3)0.031 (4)0.059 (5)0.006 (4)0.004 (4)0.010 (4)
O410.012 (3)0.021 (3)0.049 (4)0.007 (3)0.008 (3)0.001 (4)
C110.018 (2)0.022 (2)0.052 (2)0.006 (3)0.0040 (18)0.000 (4)
C210.019 (3)0.022 (2)0.052 (3)0.007 (3)0.005 (2)0.000 (4)
C310.020 (3)0.022 (2)0.052 (3)0.006 (3)0.007 (2)0.000 (4)
C410.019 (3)0.022 (2)0.051 (3)0.005 (3)0.008 (2)0.001 (4)
C510.018 (3)0.022 (2)0.052 (3)0.005 (3)0.006 (2)0.001 (4)
C610.016 (2)0.022 (2)0.051 (3)0.007 (3)0.0058 (19)0.000 (4)
C710.019 (3)0.022 (2)0.054 (3)0.006 (3)0.001 (2)0.000 (4)
C810.013 (3)0.023 (3)0.051 (3)0.007 (3)0.007 (2)0.000 (4)
C120.025 (2)0.020 (2)0.032 (3)0.0008 (17)0.0008 (17)0.003 (3)
C220.025 (2)0.020 (2)0.032 (3)0.0004 (17)0.0007 (17)0.003 (3)
C420.025 (3)0.020 (2)0.032 (3)0.0001 (17)0.0003 (17)0.003 (3)
C520.024 (2)0.020 (2)0.032 (3)0.0003 (17)0.0004 (16)0.003 (3)
C620.029 (2)0.021 (2)0.035 (3)0.0005 (15)0.0011 (17)0.005 (3)
C720.028 (2)0.021 (2)0.033 (3)0.0004 (15)0.0012 (17)0.005 (3)
C920.027 (2)0.021 (2)0.031 (3)0.0001 (14)0.0003 (17)0.003 (3)
C1020.029 (2)0.021 (2)0.033 (3)0.0004 (14)0.0004 (17)0.003 (3)
O1W0.016 (5)0.017 (7)0.050 (4)0.004 (4)0.004 (4)0.002 (4)
O2W0.024 (6)0.025 (8)0.053 (4)0.001 (5)0.001 (4)0.004 (4)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Co1—O41i2.022 (14)C11—C711.550 (12)
Co1—O1W2.051 (18)C21—C311.385 (9)
Co1—N122.171 (6)C21—H21A0.9300
Co1—O212.176 (16)C31—C411.384 (9)
Co1—O2W2.192 (19)C31—H31A0.9300
Co1—N22ii2.202 (6)C41—C511.387 (9)
N12—C521.326 (9)C41—H41A0.9300
N12—C121.329 (9)C51—C611.384 (9)
N22—C621.331 (9)C51—H51A0.9300
N22—C1021.335 (8)C61—C811.547 (12)
N22—Co1iii2.202 (6)C12—C221.389 (10)
C32—C421.401 (10)C12—H12A0.9300
C32—C221.402 (10)C22—H22A0.9300
C32—C821.470 (10)C42—C521.391 (10)
C82—C721.404 (10)C42—H42A0.9300
C82—C921.415 (9)C52—H52A0.9300
O11—C711.267 (13)C62—C721.387 (10)
O21—C711.267 (11)C62—H62A0.9300
O31—C811.265 (14)C72—H72A0.9300
O41—C811.264 (11)C92—C1021.391 (10)
O41—Co1iv2.022 (14)C92—H92A0.9300
C11—C611.377 (9)C102—H10A0.9300
C11—C211.382 (9)
O41i—Co1—N1291.0 (5)C61—C51—C41120.5 (8)
O1W—Co1—N1291.9 (6)C61—C51—H51A119.7
O41i—Co1—O21176.9 (4)C41—C51—H51A119.7
N12—Co1—O2191.9 (4)C11—C61—C51121.5 (9)
O1W—Co1—O2W176.7 (6)C11—C61—C81121.8 (15)
N12—Co1—O2W91.1 (6)C51—C61—C81116.8 (15)
O41i—Co1—N22ii88.3 (5)O11—C71—O21125.7 (15)
O1W—Co1—N22ii89.0 (6)O11—C71—C11116.7 (11)
N12—Co1—N22ii178.9 (7)O21—C71—C11116.9 (11)
O21—Co1—N22ii88.7 (4)O41—C81—O31128.3 (19)
O2W—Co1—N22ii88.0 (6)O41—C81—C61116.6 (12)
C52—N12—C12118.8 (7)O31—C81—C61114.7 (12)
C52—N12—Co1120.9 (9)N12—C12—C22122.8 (7)
C12—N12—Co1120.2 (9)N12—C12—H12A118.6
C62—N22—C102119.1 (6)C22—C12—H12A118.6
C62—N22—Co1iii121.6 (5)C12—C22—C32118.7 (7)
C102—N22—Co1iii119.3 (5)C12—C22—H22A120.7
C42—C32—C22117.0 (7)C32—C22—H22A120.7
C42—C32—C82118.0 (13)C52—C42—C32118.8 (7)
C22—C32—C82124.0 (12)C52—C42—H42A120.6
C72—C82—C92116.5 (8)C32—C42—H42A120.6
C72—C82—C32121.2 (7)N12—C52—C42122.8 (7)
C92—C82—C32120.9 (4)N12—C52—H52A118.6
C71—O21—Co1138.7 (17)C42—C52—H52A118.6
C81—O41—Co1iv139.2 (18)N22—C62—C72122.7 (7)
C61—C11—C21117.9 (11)N22—C62—H62A118.6
C61—C11—C71120.7 (15)C72—C62—H62A118.6
C21—C11—C71121.4 (14)C62—C72—C82118.4 (7)
C11—C21—C31121.1 (8)C62—C72—H72A120.8
C11—C21—H21A119.4C82—C72—H72A120.8
C31—C21—H21A119.4C102—C92—C82118.3 (6)
C41—C31—C21120.8 (10)C102—C92—H92A120.9
C41—C31—H31A119.6C82—C92—H92A120.9
C21—C31—H31A119.6N22—C102—C92122.3 (7)
C31—C41—C51118.2 (11)N22—C102—H10A118.8
C31—C41—H41A120.9C92—C102—H10A118.8
C51—C41—H41A120.9
Symmetry codes: (i) x1, y, z; (ii) x, y1, z; (iii) x, y+1, z; (iv) x+1, y, z.

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula[Co(C8H4O4)(C10H8N2)(H2O)2]
Mr415.27
Crystal system, space groupOrthorhombic, Pmn21
Temperature (K)294
a, b, c (Å)7.575 (5), 11.410 (5), 10.106 (5)
V3)873.5 (8)
Z2
Radiation typeMo Kα
µ (mm1)1.02
Crystal size (mm)0.40 × 0.35 × 0.30
Data collection
DiffractometerOxford Gemini S Ultra CCD area-detector
diffractometer
Absorption correctionMulti-scan
(CrysAlis PRO; Oxford Diffraction, 2009)
Tmin, Tmax0.65, 0.74
No. of measured, independent and
observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections
6622, 1973, 1427
Rint0.078
(sin θ/λ)max1)0.687
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.064, 0.171, 1.00
No. of reflections1973
No. of parameters230
No. of restraints435
H-atom treatmentH-atom parameters constrained
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å3)0.71, 0.42
Absolute structureFlack (1983); refined as an inversion twin
Absolute structure parameter0.33 (10)

Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2009), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2013), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).

Comparative crystal data for (II)a, (IIa), (III)b and (IV)c top
(II)(IIa)(III)(IV)
Chemical formula(C18H16CoN2O6.2H2O)n(C18H16CoN2O6)n(C18H12CoF4N2O6)n(C20H20N2O6Zn)n
Crystal system, space groupMonoclinic, P2/nOrthorhombic, Pmn21Orthorhombic, PbnbTriclinic, P1
a, b, c (Å)7.6118 (9), 11.3569 (9), 10.8089 (9)7.575 (5), 11.410 (5), 10.106 (5)7.499 (1) 22.912 (1) 10.654 (1)11.238 (5), 11.373 (5), 7.378 (3)
α, β, γ (°)90, 92.276 (7), 9090, 90, 9090, 90, 9094.771 (6), 105.027 (5), 90.253 (6)
V3)933.65873.5 (8)1830.52907.25
Z2242
Mesh7.6118 (9), 11.3569 (9), [90]7.575 (5), 11.410 (5), [90]7.499 (1) 11.456 (1), [90]11.238 (5), 11.373 (5), [90.253 (6)]
d(002) (Å)5.4005.0535.3273.549 (7.098)
References: (a) Köferstein & Robl (2007); (b) Hulvey et al. (2009); (c) Yang et al. (2010).

For (III) and (IV), the original cells were rotated so as to match those in (II) and (IIa).
Comparison of the coordination spheres in dihydrate (II)a and anhydrate (IIa) top
(II)(IIa)
BondDistance (Å)BondDistance (Å)
Co—O2 (× 2)2.137 (2)Co1—O212.176 (16)
Co1—O41i2.022 (14)
Co—Ow1 (× 2)2.127 (2)Co1—O1W2.051 (18)
Co1—O2W2.192 (19)
Co—N12.135 (3)Co1—N122.171 (6)
Co—N22.149 (3)Co1—N22ii2.202 (6)
Reference: (a) Köferstein & Robl (2007). Symmetry codes: (i) x - 1, y, z; (ii) -x, y - 1, z.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °) for (II) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
O1W—H1WA···O11i0.75 (3)1.96 (3)2.703 (2)179 (6)
O1W—H1WB···O3Wii0.84 (3)1.92 (3)2.715 (3)160 (3)
O3W—H3WA···O21ii0.92 (3)1.98 (3)2.810 (3)149 (3)
O3W—H3WB···O110.83 (3)2.02 (3)2.834 (3)166 (4)
Symmetry codes: (i) x + 1, y, z; (ii) -x, -y + 1, -z + 2.
Short Owater···O contacts (Å) for (IIa) top
O1WO11i2.80 (3)
O1WO31iii2.74 (3)
O2WO11iv2.78 (3)
O2WO312.63 (3)
Symmetry codes: (i) x - 1, y, z; (iii) x - 1/2, -y, z + 1/2; (iv) x - 1/2, -y, z - 1/2.
 

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