metal-organic compounds
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In the title compound, [Co(C4H7N2O2)2Cl(C8H9NO2)], which was prepared as a model complex of vitamin B12, the CoIII atom, which is linked to four N atoms of the pseudo-macrocyclic (dmgH)2 ligand (dmgH is dimethylglyoximate) in the equatorial plane and one Cl− anion and one N atom of ethyl nicotinate in apical positions, displays an approximately octahedral coordination. The Co atom is 0.0187 (8) Å out of the mean plane of the four equatorial N atoms. The structure has an OHO bridge, which is very common in cobaloxime derivatives, with OH distances of 1.24 (2) and 1.25 (2) Å.
metal-organic compounds
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In the title binuclear CoII complex, [Co2(C12H21N2Si)2Cl2], an inversion center is located at the mid-point between the two Co atoms in the dimeric molecule. The bidentate N-silylated anilide ligand coordinates the CoII atom in an N,N′-chelating mode and provides the anilide N atom as a bridge to link two CoII atoms. The two ends of the N—Si—N chelating unit exhibit different affinities for the metal atom. The Co—Nanilide bond is 2.031 (6) Å and Co—Namino bond is 2.214 (6) Å. The four-coordinate Co atom presents a distorted tetrahedral geometry, while the dimeric aggregation exhibits a (CoN)2 rhombus core with 1.998 (6) Å as the shortest sides and shows a ladder structure composed of Co, N and Si atoms.