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Volume 71| Part 2| February 2015| Pages 210-212

Crystal structure of ammonium bis­­(pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato-κ3O,N,O′)chromate(III) from synchrotron data

aPohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea, and bDepartment of Chemistry, Andong National University, Andong 760-749, Republic of Korea
*Correspondence e-mail: jhchoi@anu.ac.kr

Edited by J. Simpson, University of Otago, New Zealand (Received 6 January 2015; accepted 19 January 2015; online 24 January 2015)

The structure of the title compound, (NH4)[Cr(pydc)2] (pydc is pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ate, C7H3NO4), has been determined from synchrotron data. The CrIII ion and the N atom of the ammonium cation are located on a crystallographic fourfold rotoinversion axis (-4). The CrIII cation is coordinated by four O atoms and the two N atoms of two meridional pydc ligands, displaying a distorted octa­hedral geometry. The Cr—N and Cr—O bond lengths are 1.9727 (15) and 1.9889 (9) Å, respectively. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter­molecular hydrogen bonds involving the N–H groups of the ammonium cation and pyridine C–H groups as donors and the non-coordinating carbonyl O atoms as acceptors.

1. Chemical context

Pyridine-2,6-di­carb­oxy­lic acid (also known as dipicolinic acid and abbreviated here as H2pydc) can coordinate a metal center as a neutral mol­ecule (H2pydc), the univalent anion (Hpydc), or the divalent anion (pydc2−). In particular, the pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ate ligand frequently acts as a merid­ional tridentate ligand and sometimes also as a bidentate or bridging ligand (Park et al., 2007[Park, H., Lough, A. J., Kim, J. C., Jeong, M. H. & Kang, Y. S. (2007). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 360, 2819-2823.]). The first [Cr(pydc)2] complex was prepared as the Na+ salt according to the literature (Hoggard & Schmidtke, 1973[Hoggard, P. E. & Schmidtke, H.-H. (1973). Inorg. Chem. 12, 1986-1990.]) and its crystal structure determined using synchrotron data. Structural analysis showed the compound to be a dihydrate (Dai et al., 2006[Dai, Y., Shi, W., Zhu, X.-J., Zhao, B. & Cheng, P. (2006). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 359, 3353-3358.]; González-Baró et al., 2008[González-Baró, A. C., Pis-Diez, R., Piro, O. E. & Parajón-Costa, B. S. (2008). Polyhedron, 27, 502-512.]) rather than the 1.5 or 2.5 hydrates that had been suggested previously (Hoggard & Schmidtke, 1973[Hoggard, P. E. & Schmidtke, H.-H. (1973). Inorg. Chem. 12, 1986-1990.]; Fürst et al., 1979[Fürst, W., Gouzerh, P. & Jeannin, Y. (1979). J. Coord. Chem. 8, 237-243.]). The crystal structures of K[Cr(pydc)2] (Hakimi et al., 2012[Hakimi, M., Kukovec, B.-M. & Minoura, M. (2012). J. Chem. Crystallogr. 42, 290-294.]) and Rb[Cr(pydc)2] (Fürst et al., 1979[Fürst, W., Gouzerh, P. & Jeannin, Y. (1979). J. Coord. Chem. 8, 237-243.]) have also been reported previously but the structure of the ammonium salt is not known.

[Scheme 1]

Here we report the crystal structure of (NH4)[Cr(pydc)2] in order to clarify unambiguously the bonding mode of the two pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato ligands and the structural arrangement of this ammonium salt.

2. Structural commentary

Counter-ionic species play a very important role in coordin­ation chemistry. The structure reported here is another example of a [Cr(pydc)2] salt but with a different cation. The structural analysis shows that the two tridentate pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ate (pydc) dianions octa­hedrally coordinate to the CrIII metal center through one N atom and two carboxyl­ate O atoms in a meridional arrangement. The CrIII ion is located on a crystallographic fourfold rotoinversion axis ([\overline{4}]). An ellipsoid plot of title complex together with the atomic numbering is illustrated in Fig. 1[link].

[Figure 1]
Figure 1
The mol­ecular structure of (NH4)[Cr(pydc)2], showing the atom-numbering scheme. Non-H atoms are shown as displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level.

The Cr—N and Cr—O bond lengths to the pydc2− ligands are 1.9727 (15) and 1.9889 (9) Å, respectively, and these lengths agree well with the values observed in the literature for complexes with the same [Cr(pydc)2] anion (Fürst et al., 1979[Fürst, W., Gouzerh, P. & Jeannin, Y. (1979). J. Coord. Chem. 8, 237-243.]; Dai et al., 2006[Dai, Y., Shi, W., Zhu, X.-J., Zhao, B. & Cheng, P. (2006). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 359, 3353-3358.]; González-Baró et al., 2008[González-Baró, A. C., Pis-Diez, R., Piro, O. E. & Parajón-Costa, B. S. (2008). Polyhedron, 27, 502-512.]; Zhou et al., 2009[Zhou, Y., Yue, L. & Liu, J. (2009). Inorg. Chem. Commun. 12, 1085-1087.]; Hakimi et al., 2012[Hakimi, M., Kukovec, B.-M. & Minoura, M. (2012). J. Chem. Crystallogr. 42, 290-294.]). The coordinating pyridine N atoms are in a mutually trans arrangement. Both tridendate pydc2− ligands are nearly planar and are oriented perpendicular to one another. Bond angles about the central chromium atom are 79.10 (3) for N1—Cr1—O1, 100.90 (3) for N1—Cr1—O1i and 158.20 (5)° for O1i—Cr1—O1ii, indicating a distorted octa­hedral coordination environment [symmetry codes: (i) −y + [{5\over 4}], x − [{3\over 4}], −z + [{5\over 4}]; (ii) y + [{3\over 4}], −x + [{5\over 4}], −z + [{5\over 4}]]. The C1—O1 and C1—O2 bond lengths within the carboxyl­ate group of the pydc2− ligand are 1.2941 (15) and 1.2223 (14) Å, respectively, and can be compared with values of 1.298 (5) and 1.224 (5) Å for Rb[Cr(pydc)2] (Fürst et al., 1979[Fürst, W., Gouzerh, P. & Jeannin, Y. (1979). J. Coord. Chem. 8, 237-243.]). The ammonium cation, also lying on a crystallographic fourfold rotoinversion axis ([\overline{4}]), shows a distorted tetra­hedral geometry of the hydrogen atoms around the central nitro­gen atom with N—H distances of 0.846 (9) Å and the H—N—H angles ranging from 105.36 (9) to 118.06 (9)°.

3. Supra­molecular features

The pattern of hydrogen bonding around the cation is very similar to the coordination environment in the related potassium salt (Hakimi et al., 2012[Hakimi, M., Kukovec, B.-M. & Minoura, M. (2012). J. Chem. Crystallogr. 42, 290-294.]). The non-coordinating carbonyl O atom forms weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds that contribute to the crystal packing. The ammonium cation is also linked to the carbonyl O atoms from four neighboring pydc2− ligands through classical N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds (Table 1[link]). An extensive array of these contacts generate a three-dimensional network of mol­ecules stacked along the a-axis direction (Fig. 2[link]). ππ inter­actions involving adjacent pyridine rings further link the components of the structure into a three-dimensional network. The centroid–centroid distance between the ππ stacked rings (N1/C2–C4/C3iv/C2iv)⋯(N1v/C2v–C4v/C3vi/C2vi) is 3.572 (2) Å [symmetry codes: (iv) 2 − x, [{1\over 2}] − y, z; (v) [{1\over 2}] + x, y, [{3\over 2}] − z; (vi) [{5\over 2}] − x, [{1\over 2}] − y, [{3\over 2}] − z].

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D—H⋯A D—H H⋯A DA D—H⋯A
C3—H3⋯O2i 0.93 2.50 3.4071 (15) 167
N1S—H1S⋯O2ii 0.85 (1) 2.04 (1) 2.8462 (11) 158 (2)
Symmetry codes: (i) [-x+{\script{3\over 2}}, -y+{\script{3\over 2}}, -z+{\script{3\over 2}}]; (ii) [-y+{\script{5\over 4}}, x+{\script{1\over 4}}, -z+{\script{5\over 4}}].
[Figure 2]
Figure 2
Crystal packing of (NH4)[Cr(pydc)2], viewed perpendicular to the bc plane. Dashed lines represent C—H⋯O (purple) and N—H⋯O (blue) hydrogen-bonding inter­actions.

4. Database survey

A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (Version 5.35, May 2014 with one update; Groom & Allen, 2014[Groom, C. R. & Allen, F. H. (2014). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 662-671.]) indicates a total of 16 hits for CrIII complexes with a complex anion [Cr(pydc)2] unit. Many crystal structures of [Cr(pydc)2] with inorganic, organic or complex counter-cations such as K+ (Hakimi et al., 2012[Hakimi, M., Kukovec, B.-M. & Minoura, M. (2012). J. Chem. Crystallogr. 42, 290-294.]), Na+ (Dai et al., 2006[Dai, Y., Shi, W., Zhu, X.-J., Zhao, B. & Cheng, P. (2006). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 359, 3353-3358.]; González-Baró et al., 2008[González-Baró, A. C., Pis-Diez, R., Piro, O. E. & Parajón-Costa, B. S. (2008). Polyhedron, 27, 502-512.]; Zhou et al., 2009[Zhou, Y., Yue, L. & Liu, J. (2009). Inorg. Chem. Commun. 12, 1085-1087.]), Rb+ (Fürst et al., 1979[Fürst, W., Gouzerh, P. & Jeannin, Y. (1979). J. Coord. Chem. 8, 237-243.]), creatH+ (creat = creatinine; Aghabozorg et al., 2008[Aghabozorg, H., Derikvand, Z., Olmstead, M. M. & Attar Gharamaleki, J. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, m1234-m1235.]), 4,4′-bpyH+ (bpy = bi­pyridine; Soleimannejad et al., 2008[Soleimannejad, J., Aghabozorg, H. & Hooshmand, S. (2008). Acta Cryst. E64, m564-m565.]), dmpH+ (dmp = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthrone; Aghajani et al., 2009[Aghajani, Z., Aghabozorg, H., Sadr-Khanlou, E., Shokrollahi, A., Derki, S. & Shamsipur, M. (2009). J. Iran. Chem. Soc. 6, 373-385.]), 2-apymH+ (2-apym = 2-amino­pyrimidine; Eshtiagh-Hosseini et al., 2010[Eshtiagh-Hosseini, H., Yousefi, Z., Mirzaei, M., Chen, Y.-G., Beyramabadi, S. A., Shokrollahi, A. & Aghaei, R. (2010). J. Mol. Struct. 973, 1-8.]), [Cr(tpy)(pydc)]+ [tpy = 2,6-bis­(2-pyrid­yl)pyridine; Casellato et al., 1991[Casellato, U., Graziani, R., Bonomo, R. P. & Di Bilio, A. J. (1991). J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. pp. 23-31.]] and [Ag(atr)2]+ (atr = 3-amino-1H-1,2,4-triazole; Tabatabaee et al., 2011[Tabatabaee, M., Kukovec, B.-M. & Kazeroonizadeh, M. (2011). Polyhedron, 30, 1114-1119.]) have been determined.

Alternative coordination behaviors of the pydc ligands are found in [Cu(Hpydc)2]·3H2O, which has one neutral H2pydc and one divalent pydc2− ligand, while [Ni(Hpydc)2]·3H2O (Nathan & Mai, 2000[Nathan, L. C. & Mai, T. D. (2000). J. Chem. Crystallogr. 30, 509-518.]) has two meridional univalent Hpydc ligands. The ligands in [Ni(cyclam)(Hpydc)2]·2H2O (Park et al., 2007[Park, H., Lough, A. J., Kim, J. C., Jeong, M. H. & Kang, Y. S. (2007). Inorg. Chim. Acta, 360, 2819-2823.]) and Na2[Pt(Hpydc)2]·6H2O are monodentate and bidentate, respectively, while Hpydc is tridentate in the complexes [Cu(Hpydc)2]·3H2O and [Ni(Hpydc)2]·3H2O (Nathan & Mai, 2000[Nathan, L. C. & Mai, T. D. (2000). J. Chem. Crystallogr. 30, 509-518.]).

5. Synthesis and crystallization

All chemicals were reagent-grade materials and were used without further purification. The starting material, Na[Cr(pydc)2]·2H2O was prepared as described previously (Hoggard & Schmidtke, 1973[Hoggard, P. E. & Schmidtke, H.-H. (1973). Inorg. Chem. 12, 1986-1990.]). The sodium salt (0.20 g) was dissolved in 15 mL of water at 323 K and added to 3 mL of water containing 0.5 g of NH4Cl. The resulting solution was filtered and allowed to stand at room temperature for several days to give brown block-like crystals of the ammonium salt NH4[Cr(pydc)2] suitable for X-ray structural analysis.

6. Refinement

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2[link]. All H atoms were placed in geometrically idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with C—H distances of 0.95 (ring H atoms) and with Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(parent atom). The H atoms of the ammonium cation were located from difference Fourier maps and refined with restraints and a fixed N—H distance of 0.87 Å, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(N). One reflection with Fo<<<Fc was omitted from the final refinement cycles. The slightly low fraction of measured reflections results from the geometry of the 2D-SMC beamline goniostat.

Table 2
Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula (NH4)[Cr(C7H3NO4)2]
Mr 400.25
Crystal system, space group Tetragonal, I41/a
Temperature (K) 301
a, c (Å) 7.0305 (10), 28.995 (6)
V3) 1433.2 (5)
Z 4
Radiation type Synchrotron, λ = 0.62998 Å
μ (mm−1) 0.62
Crystal size (mm) 0.15 × 0.10 × 0.10
 
Data collection
Diffractometer ADSC Q210 CCD area detector
Absorption correction Empirical (using intensity measurements) (HKL3000sm SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997[Otwinowski, Z. & Minor, W. (1997). Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 276, Macromolecular Crystallography, Part A, edited by C. W. Carter Jr & R. M. Sweet, pp. 307-326. Academic Press, New York.])
Tmin, Tmax 0.925, 0.940
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections 6841, 943, 903
Rint 0.052
(sin θ/λ)max−1) 0.695
 
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.028, 0.081, 1.21
No. of reflections 943
No. of parameters 63
No. of restraints 1
H-atom treatment H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) 0.31, −0.86
Computer programs: PAL ADSC Quantum-210 ADX (Arvai & Nielsen, 1983[Arvai, A. J. & Nielsen, C. (1983). ADSC Quantum-210 ADX. Area Detector System Corporation, Poway, CA, USA.]), HKL3000sm (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997[Otwinowski, Z. & Minor, W. (1997). Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 276, Macromolecular Crystallography, Part A, edited by C. W. Carter Jr & R. M. Sweet, pp. 307-326. Academic Press, New York.]), SHELXT2014/5 (Sheldrick, 2015a[Sheldrick, G. M. (2015a). Acta Cryst. A71, 3-8.]), SHELXL2014/7 (Sheldrick, 2008[Sheldrick, G. M. (2008). Acta Cryst. A64, 112-122.], 2015b[Sheldrick, G. M. (2015b). Acta Cryst. C71, 3-8.]), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2007[Brandenburg, K. (2007). DIAMOND. Crystal Impact GbR, Bonn, Germany.]) and publCIF (Westrip 2010[Westrip, S. P. (2010). J. Appl. Cryst. 43, 920-925.]).

Supporting information


Chemical context top

Pyridine-2,6-di­carb­oxy­lic acid (also known as dipicolinic acid and abbreviated here as H2pydc) can coordinate a metal center as a neutral molecule (H2pydc), the univalent anion (Hpydc-), or the divalent anion (pydc2-). In particular, the pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ate ligand frequently acts as a meridional tridentate ligand and sometimes also as a bidentate or bridging ligand (Park et al., 2007). The first [Cr(pydc)2]- complex was prepared as the Na+ salt according to the literature (Hoggard & Schmidtke, 1973) and its crystal structure determined using synchrotron data. Structural analysis showed the compound to be a dihydrate (Dai et al., 2006; González-Baró et al., 2008) rather than the 1.5 or 2.5 hydrates that had been suggested previously (Hoggard & Schmidtke, 1973; Fürst et al., 1979). The crystal structures of K[Cr(pydc)2] (Hakimi et al., 2012) and Rb[Cr(pydc)2] (Fürst et al., 1979) have also been reported previously but the structure of the ammonium salt is not known. Here we report the crystal structure of NH4[Cr(pydc)2] in order to clarify unambiguously the bonding mode of the two pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ato ligands and the geometrical arrangement of this ammonium salt.

Structural commentary top

Counter-ionic species play a very important role in coordination chemistry. The structure reported here is another example of a [Cr(pydc)2]- salt but with a different cation. The structural analysis shows that the two tridentate pyridine-2,6-di­carboxyl­ate (pydc) dianions o­cta­hedrally coordinate to the CrIII metal center through one N atom and two carboxyl­ate O atoms in a meridional arrangement. The CrIII ion is located on a crystallographic fourfold rotoinversion axis (4). An ellipsoid plot of title complex together with the atomic numbering is illustrated in Fig. 1.

The Cr—N and Cr—O bond lengths to the pydc ligands are 1.9727 (15) and 1.9889 (9) Å, respectively, and these lengths agree well with the values observed in the literature for complexes with the same [Cr(pydc)2]- anion (Fürst et al., 1979; Dai et al., 2006; González-Baró et al., 2008; Zhou et al., 2009; Hakimi et al., 2012). The coordinating pyridine N atoms are in a mutually trans arrangement. Both tridendate pydc2- ligands are nearly planar and are oriented perpendicular to one another. Bond angles about the central chromium atom are 79.10 (3) for N1—Cr1—O1, 100.90 (3) for N1—Cr1—O1i and 158.20 (5)° for O1i-–Cr1—O1ii, indicating a distorted o­cta­hedral coordination environment [symmetry codes: (i) -y+5/4, x-3/4, -z+5/4; (ii) y+3/4, -x+5/4, -z+5/4]. The C1—O1 and C1—O2 bond lengths within the carboxyl­ate group of the pydc2- ligand are 1.2941 (15) and 1.2223 (14) Å, respectively, and can be compared with values of 1.298 (5) and 1.224 (5) Å for Rb[Cr(pydc)2] (Fürst et al., 1979). The ammonium cation, also lying on a crystallographic fourfold rotoinversion axis (4), shows a distorted tetra­hedral geometry of the hydrogen atoms around the central nitro­gen atom with N—H distances of 0.846 (9) Å and the H—N—H angles ranging from 105.36 (9) to 118.06 (9)°.

Supra­molecular features top

The pattern of hydrogen bonding around the cation is very similar to the coordination environment in the related potassium salt (Hakimi et al., 2012). The non-coordinating carbonyl O atom forms weak C—H···O hydrogen bonds that contribute to the crystal packing. The ammonium cation is also linked to the carbonyl O atoms from four neighboring pydc2- ligands through classical N—H···O hydrogen bonds (Table 1). An extensive array of these contacts generate a three-dimensional network of molecules stacked along the a-axis direction (Fig. 2). ππ inter­actions involving adjacent pyridine rings further link the components of the structure into a three-dimensional network. The centroid–centroid distances between the ππ stacked rings (N1/C2–C4/C3iv/C2iv)···(N1v/C2v–C4v/C3vi/C2vi) is 3.572 (2) Å [symmetry codes: (iv) 2 - x, 1/2 - y, z; (v) 1/2 + x, y, 3/2 - z; (vi) 5/2 -x, 1/2 - y, 3/2 - z].

Database survey top

A search of the Cambridge Structural Database (Version 5.35, May 2014 with one update; Groom & Allen, 2014) indicates a total of 16 hits for CrIII complexes with a complex anion [Cr(pydc)2]- unit. Many crystal structures of [Cr(pydc)2]- with inorganic, organic or complex counter-cations such as K+ (Hakimi et al., 2012), Na+ (Dai et al., 2006; González-Baró et al., 2008; Zhou et al., 2009), Rb+ (Fürst et al., 1979), creatH+ (creat = creatinine; Aghabozorg et al., 2008), 4,4'-bpyH+ (bpy = bi­pyridine; Soleimannejad et al., 2008), dmpH+ (dmp = 2,9-di­methyl-1,10-phenanthrone; Aghajani et al., 2009), 2-apymH+ (2-apym = 2-amino­pyrimidine; Eshtiagh-Hosseini et al., 2010), [Cr(tpy)(pydc)]+ [tpy = 2,6-bis­(2-pyridyl)­pyridine; Casellato et al., 1991] and [Ag(atr)2]+ (atr = 3-amino-1H-1,2,4-triazole; Tabatabaee et al., 2011) have been determined.

Alternative coordination behaviors of the pydc ligands are found in [Cu(Hpydc)2]·3H2O, which has one neutral H2pydc and one divalent pydc2- ligand, while [Ni(Hpydc)2]·3H2O (Nathan & Mai, 2000) has two meridional univalent Hpydc- ligands. The ligands in [Ni(cyclam)(Hpydc)2]·2H2O (Park et al., 2007) and Na2[Pt(Hpydc)2]·6H2O are monodentate and bidentate, respectively, while Hpydc- is tridentate in the complexes [Cu(Hpydc)2]·3H2O and [Ni(Hpydc)2]·3H2O (Nathan & Mai, 2000).

Synthesis and crystallization top

All chemicals were reagent-grade materials and were used without further purification. The starting material, Na[Cr(pydc)2]·2H2O was prepared as described previously (Hoggard & Schmidtke, 1973). The sodium salt (0.20 g) was dissolved in 15 ml of water at 323 K and added to 3 ml of water containing 0.5 g of NH4Cl. The resulting solution was filtered and allowed to stand at room temperature for several days to give brown block-like crystals of the ammonium salt NH4[Cr(pydc)2] suitable for X-ray structural analysis.

Refinement top

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 2. All H atoms were placed in geometrically idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent atoms, with C—H distances of 0.95 (ring H atoms) and with Uiso(H) = 1.2 Ueq(parent atom). The H atoms of the ammonium cation were located from difference Fourier maps and refined with restraints and a fixed N—H distance of 0.87 Å, with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(N). One reflection with Fo<<<Fc was omitted from the final refinement cycles. The slightly low fraction of measured reflections results from the geometry of the 2D-SMC beamline goniostat.

Related literature top

For related literature, see: Aghabozorg et al. (2008); Aghajani et al. (2009); Casellato et al. (1991); Dai et al. (2006); Eshtiagh-Hosseini, Yousefi, Mirzaei, Chen, Beyramabadi, Shokrollahi & Aghaei (2010); Fürst et al. (1979); González-Baró, Pis-Diez, Pis-Diez & Parajón-Costa (2008); Groom & Allen (2014); Hakimi et al. (2012); Hoggard & Schmidtke (1973); Nathan & Mai (2000); Park et al. (2007); Soleimannejad et al. (2008); Tabatabaee et al. (2011); Zhou et al. (2009).

Computing details top

Data collection: PAL ADSC Quantum-210 ADX (Arvai & Nielsen, 1983); cell refinement: HKL3000sm (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); data reduction: HKL3000sm (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXT2014/5 (Sheldrick, 2015a); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014/7 (Sheldrick, 2008, 2015b); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2007); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip 2010).

Figures top
[Figure 1] Fig. 1. The molecular structure of NH4[Cr(pydc)2], showing the atom-numbering scheme. Non-H atoms are shown as displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level.
[Figure 2] Fig. 2. Crystal packing of NH4[Cr(pydc)2], viewed perpendicular to the bc plane. Dashed lines represent C—H···O (purple) and N—H···O (blue) hydrogen-bonding interactions.
Bis(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylato-κ3O,N,O')chromate(III) top
Crystal data top
(NH4)[Cr(C7H3NO4)2]Dx = 1.855 Mg m3
Mr = 400.25Synchrotron radiation, λ = 0.62998 Å
Tetragonal, I41/aCell parameters from 20017 reflections
a = 7.0305 (10) Åθ = 0.4–33.6°
c = 28.995 (6) ŵ = 0.62 mm1
V = 1433.2 (5) Å3T = 301 K
Z = 4Block, brown
F(000) = 8120.15 × 0.10 × 0.10 mm
Data collection top
ADSC Q210 CCD area detector
diffractometer
903 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Radiation source: PLSII 2D bending magnetRint = 0.052
ω scanθmax = 26.0°, θmin = 4.0°
Absorption correction: empirical (using intensity measurements)
(HKL3000sm SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997)
h = 99
Tmin = 0.925, Tmax = 0.940k = 99
6841 measured reflectionsl = 3636
943 independent reflections
Refinement top
Refinement on F21 restraint
Least-squares matrix: fullHydrogen site location: mixed
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.028H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
wR(F2) = 0.081 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0461P)2 + 0.7347P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.21(Δ/σ)max = 0.001
943 reflectionsΔρmax = 0.31 e Å3
63 parametersΔρmin = 0.86 e Å3
Crystal data top
(NH4)[Cr(C7H3NO4)2]Z = 4
Mr = 400.25Synchrotron radiation, λ = 0.62998 Å
Tetragonal, I41/aµ = 0.62 mm1
a = 7.0305 (10) ÅT = 301 K
c = 28.995 (6) Å0.15 × 0.10 × 0.10 mm
V = 1433.2 (5) Å3
Data collection top
ADSC Q210 CCD area detector
diffractometer
943 independent reflections
Absorption correction: empirical (using intensity measurements)
(HKL3000sm SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997)
903 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Tmin = 0.925, Tmax = 0.940Rint = 0.052
6841 measured reflections
Refinement top
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.0281 restraint
wR(F2) = 0.081H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
S = 1.21Δρmax = 0.31 e Å3
943 reflectionsΔρmin = 0.86 e Å3
63 parameters
Special details top

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

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/Ueq
Cr11.00000.25000.62500.01282 (14)
O10.88412 (13)0.50247 (12)0.63797 (3)0.0205 (2)
O20.78279 (14)0.69538 (13)0.69398 (4)0.0261 (2)
N11.00000.25000.69303 (5)0.0133 (3)
C10.86229 (15)0.55077 (15)0.68071 (4)0.0163 (2)
C20.93527 (14)0.40403 (15)0.71495 (4)0.0142 (2)
C30.93425 (15)0.41005 (17)0.76260 (4)0.0189 (2)
H30.89120.51710.77830.023*
C41.00000.25000.78645 (6)0.0201 (3)
H41.00000.25000.81850.024*
N1S0.50000.75000.62500.0223 (4)
H1S0.502 (3)0.8529 (19)0.6099 (7)0.027*
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Cr10.01591 (16)0.01591 (16)0.0066 (2)0.0000.0000.000
O10.0286 (4)0.0193 (4)0.0134 (5)0.0055 (3)0.0013 (3)0.0013 (3)
O20.0304 (5)0.0222 (4)0.0258 (5)0.0098 (3)0.0009 (3)0.0037 (3)
N10.0146 (5)0.0171 (6)0.0082 (7)0.0008 (4)0.0000.000
C10.0159 (4)0.0170 (5)0.0160 (6)0.0004 (3)0.0013 (4)0.0005 (4)
C20.0133 (4)0.0175 (4)0.0117 (5)0.0001 (3)0.0005 (3)0.0016 (3)
C30.0171 (5)0.0258 (5)0.0137 (6)0.0006 (4)0.0005 (3)0.0059 (4)
C40.0199 (7)0.0324 (8)0.0078 (8)0.0021 (5)0.0000.000
N1S0.0220 (6)0.0220 (6)0.0229 (12)0.0000.0000.000
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Cr1—N11.9727 (15)N1—C21.3355 (12)
Cr1—N1i1.9727 (15)C1—C21.5208 (15)
Cr1—O11.9889 (9)C2—C31.3824 (16)
Cr1—O1ii1.9889 (9)C3—C41.3993 (15)
Cr1—O1i1.9889 (9)C3—H30.9300
Cr1—O1iii1.9889 (9)C4—C3iii1.3992 (15)
O1—C11.2941 (15)C4—H40.9300
O2—C11.2223 (14)N1S—H1S0.846 (9)
N1—C2iii1.3354 (12)
N1—Cr1—N1i180.0C2iii—N1—C2123.19 (15)
N1—Cr1—O179.10 (3)C2iii—N1—Cr1118.40 (7)
N1i—Cr1—O1100.90 (3)C2—N1—Cr1118.41 (7)
N1—Cr1—O1ii100.90 (3)O2—C1—O1125.02 (11)
N1i—Cr1—O1ii79.10 (3)O2—C1—C2120.87 (11)
O1—Cr1—O1ii92.049 (10)O1—C1—C2114.02 (9)
N1—Cr1—O1i100.90 (3)N1—C2—C3120.14 (11)
N1i—Cr1—O1i79.10 (3)N1—C2—C1110.77 (10)
O1—Cr1—O1i92.049 (10)C3—C2—C1129.04 (10)
O1ii—Cr1—O1i158.20 (5)C2—C3—C4117.88 (11)
N1—Cr1—O1iii79.10 (3)C2—C3—H3121.1
N1i—Cr1—O1iii100.90 (3)C4—C3—H3121.1
O1—Cr1—O1iii158.20 (5)C3iii—C4—C3120.77 (16)
O1ii—Cr1—O1iii92.049 (10)C3iii—C4—H4119.6
O1i—Cr1—O1iii92.049 (10)C3—C4—H4119.6
C1—O1—Cr1117.64 (7)
Cr1—O1—C1—O2175.18 (9)O1—C1—C2—N12.76 (12)
Cr1—O1—C1—C21.39 (12)O2—C1—C2—C33.27 (17)
C2iii—N1—C2—C30.47 (7)O1—C1—C2—C3179.99 (10)
Cr1—N1—C2—C3179.53 (7)N1—C2—C3—C40.90 (14)
C2iii—N1—C2—C1177.04 (9)C1—C2—C3—C4176.10 (9)
Cr1—N1—C2—C12.96 (9)C2—C3—C4—C3iii0.44 (7)
O2—C1—C2—N1173.96 (9)
Symmetry codes: (i) y+3/4, x+5/4, z+5/4; (ii) y+5/4, x3/4, z+5/4; (iii) x+2, y+1/2, z.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
C3—H3···O2iv0.932.503.4071 (15)167
N1S—H1S···O2v0.85 (1)2.04 (1)2.8462 (11)158 (2)
Symmetry codes: (iv) x+3/2, y+3/2, z+3/2; (v) y+5/4, x+1/4, z+5/4.
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
C3—H3···O2i0.932.503.4071 (15)166.5
N1S—H1S···O2ii0.846 (9)2.044 (11)2.8462 (11)158.1 (19)
Symmetry codes: (i) x+3/2, y+3/2, z+3/2; (ii) y+5/4, x+1/4, z+5/4.

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula(NH4)[Cr(C7H3NO4)2]
Mr400.25
Crystal system, space groupTetragonal, I41/a
Temperature (K)301
a, c (Å)7.0305 (10), 28.995 (6)
V3)1433.2 (5)
Z4
Radiation typeSynchrotron, λ = 0.62998 Å
µ (mm1)0.62
Crystal size (mm)0.15 × 0.10 × 0.10
Data collection
DiffractometerADSC Q210 CCD area detector
diffractometer
Absorption correctionEmpirical (using intensity measurements)
(HKL3000sm SCALEPACK; Otwinowski & Minor, 1997)
Tmin, Tmax0.925, 0.940
No. of measured, independent and
observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections
6841, 943, 903
Rint0.052
(sin θ/λ)max1)0.695
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.028, 0.081, 1.21
No. of reflections943
No. of parameters63
No. of restraints1
H-atom treatmentH atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å3)0.31, 0.86

Computer programs: PAL ADSC Quantum-210 ADX (Arvai & Nielsen, 1983), HKL3000sm (Otwinowski & Minor, 1997), SHELXT2014/5 (Sheldrick, 2015a), SHELXL2014/7 (Sheldrick, 2008, 2015b), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2007), publCIF (Westrip 2010).

 

Acknowledgements

The X-ray crystallography experiment at the PLS-II 2D-SMC beamline was supported in part by MISP and POSTECH.

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