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The title compound, [Zn(SiF6)(C12H8N2)2]·CH3OH, contains a neutral heteroleptic tris-chelate ZnII complex, viz. [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline), exhibiting approximate mol­ecular C2 point-group symmetry. The ZnII cation adopts a severely distorted octa­hedral coordination. As far as can be ascertained, the title complex represents the first structurally characterized example of a ZnII complex bearing a bidentate-bound hexa­fluoro­silicate ligand. A density functional theory study of the isolated [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] complex was undertaken to reveal the influence of crystal packing on the mol­ecular structure of the complex. In the crystal structure, the methanol solvent mol­ecule forms a hydrogen bond to one F atom of the hexa­fluoro­silicate ligand. The hydrogen-bonded assemblies so formed are tightly packed in the crystal, as indicated by a high packing coefficient (74.1%).

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Supplementary material

CCDC reference: 969445

Introduction top

In this contribution, we report the molecular structure of [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] (phen is 1,10-phenanthroline) and the crystal structure of its methanol monosolvate, the title compound, (I). To the best of our knowledge and based on a search of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD; Version 5.34, with updates to May 2013; Allen, 2002), (I) represents the first crystallographically characterized example of a ZnII complex containing a bidentate-bound hexa­fluoro­silicate ligand. This is of particular inter­est considering that linear [Zn(µ-SiF6)]n pillars, formed through the bridging of ZnII cations by the F atoms in axial positions, are often exploited as building blocks in the construction of coordination networks (Larpent et al., 2013, and references therein). Examples of structurally characterized complexes containing a hexa­fluoro­silicate ligand in a chelate binding mode for other metal ions are also scarce (Fleming et al., 1998; Lehaire et al., 2002).

Compound (I) was obtained unintentionally during our systematic crystal-engineering studies of discrete and polymeric metallo­supra­molecular assemblies formed from labile cis-preconfigured precursor complexes and the bent 4,4'-di­thiodi­pyridine bridging ligand (Seidel, Goddard & Oppel, 2013). To this end, we used phen as a cis-protecting ligand. While we succeeded in preparing a metallamacrocycle and a one-dimensional coordination polymer, consisting of 4,4'-di­thiodi­pyridine as bridging ligands and [Cu(phen)]2+ and [Cd(phen)]2+ as corner units, respectively (Seidel et al., 2011a), our attempts to combine [Zn(phen)]2+ units with 4,4'-di­thiodi­pyridine have so far been unsuccessful (Seidel et al., 2011b, 2012; Seidel, Dietz et al., 2013). When equimolar amounts of ZnII, phen and 4,4'-di­thiodi­pyridine were mixed in methanol in the presence of weakly coordinating tetra­fluoro­borate counter-ions, in the hope of obtaining a metallamacrocycle or a coordination polymer consisting of [Zn(phen)]2+ units joined by 4,4'-di­thiodi­pyridine, colourless crystals of (I) were found after prolonged standing at ambient temperature. X-ray analysis revealed the structure of (I). It has been documented in the literature that hexa­fluoro­silicate ions can occur in crystallization samples containing tetra­fluoro­borate, because trace amounts of hydro­fluoric acid from partial hydrolysis of tetra­fluoro­borate react with the surface of the glassware (van Konigsbruggen et al., 1993; Fleming et al., 1998).

Experimental top

Synthesis and crystallization top

All starting materials were purchased commercially and used as received. Solvents were of reagent grade. The IR spectrum in the range 4000–400 cm-1 was recorded on a Nicolet Impact 400D FT–IR spectrometer with a resolution of 2 cm-1, using the KBr pellet technique. The intensities are abbreviated as follows: s = strong, m = medium and w = weak.

A solution of AgBF4 (17 mg, 0.088 mmol) in methanol (0.5 ml) was added to a solution of ZnCl2 (6 mg, 0.044 mmol) in methanol (2 ml). After stirring for 15 min in the dark, the white precipitate which formed was removed by centrifugation and a solution of phen monohydrate (9 mg, 0.044 mmol) in methanol (1 ml) was added to the resulting clear solution with stirring. The solution so obtained was layered carefully onto a solution of 4,4'-di­thiodi­pyridine (10 mg, 0.044 mmol) in di­chloro­methane (3 ml). After standing at room temperature for a couple of months, colourless crystals of (I) suitable for X-ray diffraction were found. IR (KBr, ν, cm-1): 3377 (m, broad band), 3234 (w, broad band), 3113 (w), 3098 (w), 3075 (w), 3053 (w), 2477 (w), 2467 (w), 2361 (w), 2328 (w), 1637 (w), 1591 (s), 1550 (m), 1519 (w), 1483 (m), 1417 (s), 1385 (w), 1319 (w), 1221 (m), 1149 (w), 1144 (w), 1101 (m), 1061 (s), 1041 (w), 1024 (m), 1004 (w), 987 (w), 860 (m), 818 (m), 812 (m), 781 (s), 750 (m), 727 (m), 717 (s), 679 (m), 654 (s), 607 (m, broad band), 496 (m), 482 (m), 444 (w), 434 (w), 426 (w).

The DFT quantum-chemical calculations for an isolated molecule of [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] were performed at the dispersion-corrected (Grimme, 2006) B3LYP level of theory (Becke, 1993; Lee et al., 1988) using the GAUSSIAN09 program package (Frisch et al., 2010). The Zn atom was described by a small-core relativistic pseudopotential (Figgen et al., 2005) in conjunction with a correlation-consistent polarized valence triple-zeta basis set (Peterson & Puzzarini, 2005). For the remaining atoms, all-electron basis sets of analogous quality [Si: cc-pV(T+d)Z; C, N, F and H: cc-pVTZ] were employed (Dunning et al., 2001; Dunning, 1989). Basis sets, as well as the pseudopotential of Zn, were obtained from the EMSL basis-set library using the Basis Set Exchange web portal (Feller, 1996; Schuchardt et al., 2007). The geometry of [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] was optimized under C2 point-group symmetry, starting from the structure determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The subsequent harmonic vibrational analysis revealed the stationary point to be a minimum on the potential energy surface. The optimized structure in MOL2 format is available in the Supplementary materials.

Refinement top

Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement details are summarized in Table 1. The H atoms of the phen ligands were placed in geometrically calculated positions and refined with the appropriate riding model, with C—H = 0.95 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C). The positions of the methyl H atoms were determined using an initial circular Fourier search and subsequent refinement of the torsion angle of the methyl group while maintaining the tetra­hedral geometry, with C—H = 0.98 Å. The hy­droxy H atom was located in a difference Fourier map and the O—H distance was subsequently restrained to a target value of 0.84 (2) Å. Uiso(H) values were set at 1.5Ueq(C,O) for the methanol molecule.

Results and discussion top

In the title complex, (I), the phen chelate ligands are arranged in a cis manner and two cis F atoms of the bidentate-bound hexa­fluoro­silicate ligand occupy the remaining two cis coordination sites of ZnII. The complex exhibits approximate molecular C2 point-group symmetry, with the twofold rotation axis passing through the ZnII and Si atoms, and is thus chiral. The chemical diagram and the displacement ellipsoid plot (Fig. 1) depict the right-handed Δ form, but the centrosymmetric crystal structure contains both enanti­omers. Table 2 compares selected bond lengths and angles for [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] from the X-ray analysis of (I) and the density functional theory (DFT) structure optimization of an isolated molecule.

The coordination of atom Zn1 represents a severely distorted o­cta­hedron formed by two hexa­fluoro­silicate F atoms and four phen N atoms. The deviation from regular o­cta­hedral geometry can be primarily attributed to the chelate angles of the bidentate hexa­fluoro­silicate ligand and the phen ligands, which are, respectively, 65.47 (5) and 78.5 (4)° (average). In (I), the Zn1—F1 and Zn1—F2 distances [2.1070 (12) and 2.2135 (13) Å, respectively] are shorter than the Cu—F distances [2.203 (3) and 2.355 (3) Å] in the [1,3-bis­{[(3-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazol-1-yl]methyl}­benzene](hexa­fluoro­silicato-κ2F,F')copper(I) cation (CSD refcode NUSKAN; Fleming et al., 1998), while the corresponding F1—Zn1—F2 angle is larger than that in NUSKAN [61.84 (9)°]. A notable feature of (I) is the large variation in the Si—F distances in the SiF62- anion. The Si1—F1 and Si1—F2 bonds, which take part in the SiF2Zn four-membered ring, at 1.73 (2) Å (average), are significantly elongated compared with the other Si—F bonds, which are similar in length to the average Si—F bond of the noncoordinating SiF62- anion in 251 crystal structures taken from the CSD [1.672 (3) Å].

Fig. 2 shows a superposition of the structure of [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] in (I) in the crystal structure and that calculated for the free complex. As expected, the Zn—N bond lengths and chelate angles of the phen ligands in the DFT-calculated structure are essentially comparable. Most noticeable is the difference in the orientation of the phen ligands and the positions of the axial F atoms in the SiF62- anion. The former is most likely due to effects of crystal packing, since the N20—Zn1—N10 bond angle, in particular, reveals that the coordination of atom Zn1 deviates much less from regular o­cta­hedral geometry in the DFT-calculated structure than in the crystal. Moreover, the significantly larger angle between the mean planes of the phen ligands in the DFT-calculated structure of 78.88°, compared with 47.32 (2)° in the crystal, is consistent with the assumption that the mutual orientation of the phen ligands is mainly determined by steric repulsion for an isolated molecule, but is affected by packing of the molecules in the solid state. In this connection, it is inter­esting to note that the packing coefficient of (I) at 74.1% (calculated using PLATON; Spek, 2009) is high for a molecular crystal, which suggests that (I) exhibits an efficient crystal packing. Packing coefficients are usually in the range of 65–77% (Kitajgorodskij, 1973).

In the crystal structure of (I), the methanol solvent molecule forms an O—H···F hydrogen bond to a noncoordinating hexa­fluoro­silicate F atom (Table 3). There are no strong polymeric inter­molecular inter­actions but only C—H···F, C—H···O and ππ contacts between adjacent molecules. Fig. 3 shows a layer of (I) parallel to (010), revealing a dove-tailed molecular packing of O—H···F hydrogen-bonded assemblies.

In the DFT-calculated structure, the Zn—F bond lengths are shorter than in the solid state, while the F—Zn—F angle is larger. Whereas the F5—Si1—F6 bond angle in the crystal is almost linear at 177.19 (8)°, in the DFT-calculated structure it is remarkably smaller at 166.19°, suggesting a slight contribution from the SiF4.ZnF2(phen)2 canonical form in the free complex. Conversely, it would appear that distortion of the phen ligands about ZnII caused by crystal packing results in some stabilization of the SiF62- anion contribution. In this regard, it is perhaps worth noting that attempts to optimize the structure of the Zn(SiF6-κF,F') subunit alone by DFT-calculations were unsuccessful. Instead, such a geometry optimization led to the structures of the dissociation products, ZnF2 and SiF4.

Related literature top

For related literature, see: Allen (2002); Becke (1993); Dunning (1989); Dunning et al. (2001); Feller (1996); Figgen et al. (2005); Fleming et al. (1998); Frisch (2010); Grimme (2006); Kitajgorodskij (1973); Konigsbruggen et al. (1993); Larpent et al. (2013); Lee et al. (1988); Lehaire et al. (2002); Peterson & Puzzarini (2005); Schuchardt et al. (2007); Seidel et al. (2011a, 2011b, 2012); Seidel, Dietz, Goddard & Oppel (2013); Seidel, Goddard & Oppel (2013); Spek (2009).

Computing details top

Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); cell refinement: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2013); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2012) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004).

Figures top
[Figure 1] Fig. 1. (a) The asymmetric unit of (I) and (b) a top view of the [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] complex in (I) along the Si1···Zn1 axis, showing the atom-numbering scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 50% probability level. Only methanol H atoms are shown, for clarity. The O1—H1···F3 hydrogen bond is illustrated by a dashed line.
[Figure 2] Fig. 2. An overlay diagram of [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] in (I) (blue in the electronic version of the paper) with the DFT-optimized structure (red). For the sake of clarity, H atoms have been omitted.
[Figure 3] Fig. 3. A packing diagram for (I), showing a molecular layer viewed down the crystallographic b axis. Zn atoms are represented by small spheres and methanol molecules are in space-filling representation. H atoms of the phen ligands have been omitted for clarity.
(Hexafluorosilicato-κ2F,F')bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N')zinc(II) methanol monosolvate top
Crystal data top
[Zn(SiF6)(C12H8N2)2]·CH4OF(000) = 1216
Mr = 599.91Dx = 1.722 Mg m3
Monoclinic, P21/nMo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
a = 11.3701 (3) ÅCell parameters from 7125 reflections
b = 12.7057 (3) Åθ = 2.8–26.5°
c = 16.3139 (4) ŵ = 1.19 mm1
β = 100.896 (2)°T = 110 K
V = 2314.3 (1) Å3Prism, colourless
Z = 40.36 × 0.25 × 0.16 mm
Data collection top
Agilent Xcalibur2
diffractometer
4819 independent reflections
Radiation source: sealed X-ray tube3856 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Detector resolution: 8.4171 pixels mm-1Rint = 0.047
ω scansθmax = 26.6°, θmin = 2.9°
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(ABSPACK in CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2012)
h = 1414
Tmin = 0.809, Tmax = 1.000k = 1515
24589 measured reflectionsl = 2020
Refinement top
Refinement on F21 restraint
Least-squares matrix: fullHydrogen site location: mixed
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.031H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
wR(F2) = 0.071 w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0292P)2 + 1.4015P]
where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3
S = 1.03(Δ/σ)max = 0.001
4819 reflectionsΔρmax = 0.39 e Å3
347 parametersΔρmin = 0.33 e Å3
Crystal data top
[Zn(SiF6)(C12H8N2)2]·CH4OV = 2314.3 (1) Å3
Mr = 599.91Z = 4
Monoclinic, P21/nMo Kα radiation
a = 11.3701 (3) ŵ = 1.19 mm1
b = 12.7057 (3) ÅT = 110 K
c = 16.3139 (4) Å0.36 × 0.25 × 0.16 mm
β = 100.896 (2)°
Data collection top
Agilent Xcalibur2
diffractometer
4819 independent reflections
Absorption correction: multi-scan
(ABSPACK in CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2012)
3856 reflections with I > 2σ(I)
Tmin = 0.809, Tmax = 1.000Rint = 0.047
24589 measured reflections
Refinement top
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.0311 restraint
wR(F2) = 0.071H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
S = 1.03Δρmax = 0.39 e Å3
4819 reflectionsΔρmin = 0.33 e Å3
347 parameters
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.

Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2) top
xyzUiso*/Ueq
Zn10.91420 (2)0.36534 (2)0.73955 (2)0.01224 (8)
N10.86409 (15)0.45870 (14)0.63137 (11)0.0132 (4)
N20.98631 (15)0.26411 (14)0.83994 (11)0.0137 (4)
N100.98048 (15)0.27293 (14)0.64708 (11)0.0147 (4)
N201.02377 (16)0.47050 (14)0.82026 (11)0.0135 (4)
C1A0.88539 (18)0.41246 (17)0.56050 (13)0.0133 (4)
C20.80828 (19)0.55115 (17)0.62480 (14)0.0156 (5)
H20.79390.58430.67420.019*
C2A1.05413 (18)0.31603 (17)0.90496 (13)0.0132 (4)
C30.7698 (2)0.60163 (18)0.54814 (15)0.0187 (5)
H30.73100.66810.54600.022*
C4A0.84844 (19)0.45720 (18)0.48095 (13)0.0157 (5)
C40.7886 (2)0.55431 (18)0.47628 (14)0.0184 (5)
H40.76130.58690.42370.022*
C50.8744 (2)0.40294 (19)0.40913 (14)0.0198 (5)
H50.84900.43250.35520.024*
C60.9342 (2)0.31073 (19)0.41699 (14)0.0201 (5)
H60.95150.27710.36860.024*
C6A0.97215 (19)0.26265 (18)0.49728 (14)0.0162 (5)
C71.0330 (2)0.16581 (18)0.50840 (15)0.0208 (5)
H71.05140.12890.46180.025*
C81.0653 (2)0.12552 (19)0.58708 (15)0.0213 (5)
H81.10590.06000.59560.026*
C91.0380 (2)0.18155 (18)0.65505 (15)0.0187 (5)
H91.06180.15280.70940.022*
C10A0.94727 (18)0.31330 (17)0.56861 (13)0.0139 (4)
C120.96903 (19)0.16127 (17)0.84794 (14)0.0154 (5)
H120.92190.12440.80270.019*
C131.01751 (19)0.10537 (18)0.92024 (14)0.0172 (5)
H131.00470.03170.92320.021*
C141.08365 (19)0.15758 (18)0.98694 (14)0.0170 (5)
H141.11540.12071.03690.020*
C14A1.10401 (19)0.26640 (17)0.98072 (13)0.0147 (5)
C151.1708 (2)0.32788 (18)1.04710 (14)0.0177 (5)
H151.20430.29471.09840.021*
C161.1871 (2)0.43214 (18)1.03806 (14)0.0185 (5)
H161.23240.47111.08280.022*
C16A1.13677 (19)0.48493 (17)0.96177 (13)0.0152 (5)
C171.1461 (2)0.59422 (19)0.95024 (15)0.0187 (5)
H171.18760.63710.99400.022*
C181.09486 (19)0.63824 (18)0.87546 (14)0.0190 (5)
H181.09990.71200.86710.023*
C191.03502 (19)0.57379 (17)0.81135 (14)0.0169 (5)
H191.00110.60510.75940.020*
C20A1.07201 (18)0.42661 (17)0.89491 (13)0.0130 (4)
Si10.65646 (5)0.36606 (5)0.77480 (4)0.01211 (13)
F10.75094 (10)0.28379 (9)0.73078 (8)0.0155 (3)
F20.77198 (11)0.45464 (10)0.78483 (8)0.0173 (3)
F30.57288 (11)0.45166 (10)0.81725 (8)0.0219 (3)
F40.55058 (11)0.27485 (10)0.76277 (8)0.0220 (3)
F50.71643 (12)0.31890 (11)0.86860 (8)0.0225 (3)
F60.60314 (12)0.41378 (10)0.67982 (8)0.0223 (3)
O10.33588 (17)0.46237 (18)0.73023 (15)0.0473 (6)
H10.4092 (17)0.453 (3)0.745 (2)0.071*
C10.2801 (2)0.3765 (2)0.76105 (17)0.0335 (6)
H1A0.29540.37910.82220.050*
H1B0.31230.31080.74280.050*
H1C0.19360.37950.73970.050*
Atomic displacement parameters (Å2) top
U11U22U33U12U13U23
Zn10.01307 (13)0.01362 (13)0.00961 (13)0.00022 (10)0.00103 (9)0.00006 (10)
N10.0127 (9)0.0151 (9)0.0118 (9)0.0028 (7)0.0024 (7)0.0019 (8)
N20.0125 (9)0.0152 (9)0.0135 (9)0.0005 (7)0.0028 (7)0.0014 (8)
N100.0138 (9)0.0164 (10)0.0142 (9)0.0001 (8)0.0030 (7)0.0006 (8)
N200.0131 (9)0.0147 (9)0.0122 (9)0.0002 (7)0.0016 (7)0.0002 (8)
C1A0.0114 (10)0.0159 (11)0.0123 (11)0.0039 (9)0.0018 (8)0.0013 (9)
C20.0151 (11)0.0165 (11)0.0161 (11)0.0027 (9)0.0050 (9)0.0022 (9)
C2A0.0113 (10)0.0167 (11)0.0119 (11)0.0013 (9)0.0026 (8)0.0012 (9)
C30.0174 (11)0.0169 (11)0.0215 (12)0.0007 (9)0.0031 (9)0.0026 (10)
C4A0.0133 (10)0.0204 (12)0.0137 (11)0.0043 (9)0.0034 (9)0.0010 (10)
C40.0176 (11)0.0200 (12)0.0167 (12)0.0023 (10)0.0009 (9)0.0068 (10)
C50.0213 (12)0.0265 (12)0.0121 (11)0.0042 (10)0.0039 (9)0.0013 (10)
C60.0223 (12)0.0256 (13)0.0137 (11)0.0045 (10)0.0068 (9)0.0053 (10)
C6A0.0145 (11)0.0181 (11)0.0169 (11)0.0045 (9)0.0053 (9)0.0028 (9)
C70.0215 (12)0.0211 (12)0.0222 (13)0.0027 (10)0.0104 (10)0.0058 (10)
C80.0213 (12)0.0184 (12)0.0266 (13)0.0040 (10)0.0105 (10)0.0011 (10)
C90.0200 (12)0.0182 (12)0.0186 (12)0.0018 (10)0.0055 (9)0.0023 (10)
C10A0.0117 (10)0.0178 (11)0.0129 (11)0.0044 (9)0.0041 (8)0.0017 (9)
C120.0148 (11)0.0174 (12)0.0148 (11)0.0022 (9)0.0045 (9)0.0028 (9)
C130.0167 (11)0.0142 (11)0.0212 (12)0.0001 (9)0.0052 (9)0.0032 (9)
C140.0148 (11)0.0199 (12)0.0164 (11)0.0033 (9)0.0033 (9)0.0046 (9)
C14A0.0116 (10)0.0190 (11)0.0142 (11)0.0014 (9)0.0041 (8)0.0017 (9)
C150.0175 (11)0.0248 (12)0.0102 (11)0.0021 (10)0.0014 (9)0.0023 (9)
C160.0152 (11)0.0243 (13)0.0151 (11)0.0013 (9)0.0009 (9)0.0036 (10)
C16A0.0143 (11)0.0189 (12)0.0132 (11)0.0002 (9)0.0042 (9)0.0017 (9)
C170.0169 (11)0.0206 (12)0.0186 (12)0.0035 (10)0.0032 (9)0.0069 (10)
C180.0191 (11)0.0143 (11)0.0237 (12)0.0015 (10)0.0038 (10)0.0014 (10)
C190.0158 (11)0.0149 (12)0.0197 (12)0.0004 (9)0.0024 (9)0.0024 (9)
C20A0.0115 (10)0.0156 (11)0.0125 (11)0.0010 (9)0.0041 (8)0.0005 (9)
Si10.0133 (3)0.0122 (3)0.0109 (3)0.0013 (2)0.0026 (2)0.0008 (2)
F10.0154 (6)0.0140 (6)0.0169 (6)0.0007 (5)0.0027 (5)0.0035 (5)
F20.0191 (7)0.0159 (6)0.0179 (7)0.0064 (5)0.0063 (5)0.0058 (5)
F30.0195 (7)0.0201 (7)0.0279 (8)0.0010 (6)0.0092 (6)0.0086 (6)
F40.0216 (7)0.0187 (7)0.0273 (8)0.0083 (6)0.0089 (6)0.0062 (6)
F50.0302 (8)0.0249 (7)0.0117 (6)0.0005 (6)0.0023 (6)0.0033 (6)
F60.0254 (7)0.0222 (7)0.0169 (7)0.0037 (6)0.0022 (6)0.0034 (6)
O10.0246 (10)0.0479 (13)0.0621 (15)0.0023 (10)0.0107 (10)0.0161 (11)
C10.0264 (14)0.0420 (17)0.0327 (15)0.0090 (13)0.0076 (12)0.0005 (14)
Geometric parameters (Å, º) top
Zn1—F12.1070 (12)C8—C91.401 (3)
Zn1—N202.1097 (18)C8—H80.9500
Zn1—N12.1134 (18)C9—H90.9500
Zn1—N22.1216 (18)C12—C131.398 (3)
Zn1—N102.1569 (18)C12—H120.9500
Zn1—F22.2135 (13)C13—C141.371 (3)
N1—C21.330 (3)C13—H130.9500
N1—C1A1.359 (3)C14—C14A1.409 (3)
N2—C121.331 (3)C14—H140.9500
N2—C2A1.358 (3)C14A—C151.431 (3)
N10—C91.327 (3)C15—C161.349 (3)
N10—C10A1.364 (3)C15—H150.9500
N20—C191.329 (3)C16—C16A1.434 (3)
N20—C20A1.357 (3)C16—H160.9500
C1A—C4A1.406 (3)C16A—C20A1.406 (3)
C1A—C10A1.437 (3)C16A—C171.408 (3)
C2—C31.400 (3)C17—C181.368 (3)
C2—H20.9500C17—H170.9500
C2A—C14A1.408 (3)C18—C191.399 (3)
C2A—C20A1.433 (3)C18—H180.9500
C3—C41.370 (3)C19—H190.9500
C3—H30.9500Si1—F41.6557 (14)
C4A—C41.404 (3)Si1—F51.6646 (14)
C4A—C51.437 (3)Si1—F61.6677 (14)
C4—H40.9500Si1—F31.6778 (14)
C5—C61.348 (3)Si1—F21.7138 (13)
C5—H50.9500Si1—F11.7475 (13)
C6—C6A1.436 (3)O1—C11.402 (3)
C6—H60.9500O1—H10.830 (18)
C6A—C10A1.405 (3)C1—H1A0.9800
C6A—C71.406 (3)C1—H1B0.9800
C7—C81.366 (3)C1—H1C0.9800
C7—H70.9500
F1—Zn1—N20139.69 (6)C8—C9—H9118.5
F1—Zn1—N197.14 (6)N10—C10A—C6A122.8 (2)
N20—Zn1—N1101.53 (7)N10—C10A—C1A117.37 (19)
F1—Zn1—N287.78 (6)C6A—C10A—C1A119.8 (2)
N20—Zn1—N278.79 (7)N2—C12—C13122.6 (2)
N1—Zn1—N2171.41 (7)N2—C12—H12118.7
F1—Zn1—N1096.01 (6)C13—C12—H12118.7
N20—Zn1—N10122.56 (7)C14—C13—C12119.6 (2)
N1—Zn1—N1078.24 (7)C14—C13—H13120.2
N2—Zn1—N1094.29 (7)C12—C13—H13120.2
F1—Zn1—F265.47 (5)C13—C14—C14A119.4 (2)
N20—Zn1—F281.35 (6)C13—C14—H14120.3
N1—Zn1—F283.82 (6)C14A—C14—H14120.3
N2—Zn1—F2104.67 (6)C2A—C14A—C14117.3 (2)
N10—Zn1—F2152.42 (6)C2A—C14A—C15119.2 (2)
C2—N1—C1A118.20 (19)C14—C14A—C15123.5 (2)
C2—N1—Zn1127.75 (15)C16—C15—C14A121.1 (2)
C1A—N1—Zn1113.87 (14)C16—C15—H15119.4
C12—N2—C2A118.20 (19)C14A—C15—H15119.4
C12—N2—Zn1128.90 (15)C15—C16—C16A120.9 (2)
C2A—N2—Zn1112.82 (14)C15—C16—H16119.5
C9—N10—C10A117.69 (19)C16A—C16—H16119.5
C9—N10—Zn1129.70 (15)C20A—C16A—C17117.2 (2)
C10A—N10—Zn1112.35 (14)C20A—C16A—C16119.4 (2)
C19—N20—C20A118.22 (19)C17—C16A—C16123.3 (2)
C19—N20—Zn1127.93 (15)C18—C17—C16A119.5 (2)
C20A—N20—Zn1112.99 (14)C18—C17—H17120.3
N1—C1A—C4A122.7 (2)C16A—C17—H17120.3
N1—C1A—C10A117.63 (19)C17—C18—C19119.5 (2)
C4A—C1A—C10A119.7 (2)C17—C18—H18120.3
N1—C2—C3122.7 (2)C19—C18—H18120.3
N1—C2—H2118.6N20—C19—C18122.6 (2)
C3—C2—H2118.6N20—C19—H19118.7
N2—C2A—C14A122.9 (2)C18—C19—H19118.7
N2—C2A—C20A117.29 (19)N20—C20A—C16A122.9 (2)
C14A—C2A—C20A119.8 (2)N20—C20A—C2A117.60 (19)
C4—C3—C2119.4 (2)C16A—C20A—C2A119.5 (2)
C4—C3—H3120.3F4—Si1—F591.11 (7)
C2—C3—H3120.3F4—Si1—F690.91 (7)
C4—C4A—C1A117.5 (2)F5—Si1—F6177.19 (8)
C4—C4A—C5123.3 (2)F4—Si1—F392.68 (7)
C1A—C4A—C5119.1 (2)F5—Si1—F391.11 (7)
C3—C4—C4A119.5 (2)F6—Si1—F390.74 (7)
C3—C4—H4120.3F4—Si1—F2176.25 (7)
C4A—C4—H4120.3F5—Si1—F288.58 (7)
C6—C5—C4A121.1 (2)F6—Si1—F289.28 (7)
C6—C5—H5119.4F3—Si1—F291.06 (7)
C4A—C5—H5119.4F4—Si1—F191.28 (7)
C5—C6—C6A121.0 (2)F5—Si1—F189.18 (7)
C5—C6—H6119.5F6—Si1—F188.82 (7)
C6A—C6—H6119.5F3—Si1—F1176.02 (7)
C10A—C6A—C7117.7 (2)F2—Si1—F184.98 (6)
C10A—C6A—C6119.2 (2)Si1—F1—Zn1106.26 (6)
C7—C6A—C6123.1 (2)Si1—F2—Zn1103.09 (6)
C8—C7—C6A119.2 (2)C1—O1—H1107 (3)
C8—C7—H7120.4O1—C1—H1A109.5
C6A—C7—H7120.4O1—C1—H1B109.5
C7—C8—C9119.5 (2)H1A—C1—H1B109.5
C7—C8—H8120.2O1—C1—H1C109.5
C9—C8—H8120.2H1A—C1—H1C109.5
N10—C9—C8123.1 (2)H1B—C1—H1C109.5
N10—C9—H9118.5
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
O1—H1···F30.83 (2)2.01 (2)2.802 (2)160 (4)

Experimental details

Crystal data
Chemical formula[Zn(SiF6)(C12H8N2)2]·CH4O
Mr599.91
Crystal system, space groupMonoclinic, P21/n
Temperature (K)110
a, b, c (Å)11.3701 (3), 12.7057 (3), 16.3139 (4)
β (°) 100.896 (2)
V3)2314.3 (1)
Z4
Radiation typeMo Kα
µ (mm1)1.19
Crystal size (mm)0.36 × 0.25 × 0.16
Data collection
DiffractometerAgilent Xcalibur2
diffractometer
Absorption correctionMulti-scan
(ABSPACK in CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2012)
Tmin, Tmax0.809, 1.000
No. of measured, independent and
observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections
24589, 4819, 3856
Rint0.047
(sin θ/λ)max1)0.629
Refinement
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S 0.031, 0.071, 1.03
No. of reflections4819
No. of parameters347
No. of restraints1
H-atom treatmentH atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å3)0.39, 0.33

Computer programs: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL2013 (Sheldrick, 2013), DIAMOND (Brandenburg, 2012) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), enCIFer (Allen et al., 2004).

Selected bond lengths (Å) and angles (°) for [Zn(SiF6)(phen)2] in (I) and the DFT-optimised structure top
(I)DFT
Zn1—F12.1070 (12)1.992
Zn1—F22.2135 (13)1.992
Zn1—N12.1134 (18)2.146
Zn1—N102.1569 (18)2.211
Zn1—N22.1216 (18)2.146
Zn1—N202.1097 (18)2.211
Si1—F11.7475 (13)1.906
Si1—F21.7138 (13)1.906
Si1—F31.6778 (14)1.633
Si1—F41.6557 (14)1.633
Si1—F51.6646 (14)1.673
Si1—F61.6677 (14)1.673
F1—Zn1—F265.47 (5)76.53
F1—Zn1—N197.14 (6)96.89
F1—Zn1—N1096.01 (6)95.60
F1—Zn1—N287.78 (6)89.85
F1—Zn1—N20139.69 (6)163.43
N1—Zn1—F283.82 (6)89.85
N1—Zn1—N2171.41 (7)171.43
N1—Zn1—N1078.24 (7)76.49
N2—Zn1—F2104.67 (6)96.89
N2—Zn1—N1094.29 (7)97.65
N10—Zn1—F2152.42 (6)163.44
N20—Zn1—N1101.53 (7)97.65
N20—Zn1—F281.35 (6)95.60
N20—Zn1—N278.79 (7)76.49
N20—Zn1—N10122.56 (7)95.48
F2—Si1—F184.98 (6)80.66
F3—Si1—F1176.02 (7)170.30
F3—Si1—F291.06 (7)89.65
F4—Si1—F191.28 (7)89.65
F4—Si1—F2176.25 (7)170.30
F4—Si1—F392.68 (7)100.05
F4—Si1—F591.11 (7)94.28
F4—Si1—F690.91 (7)94.58
F5—Si1—F189.18 (7)84.85
F5—Si1—F288.58 (7)84.63
F5—Si1—F391.11 (7)94.58
F5—Si1—F6177.19 (8)166.19
F6—Si1—F188.82 (7)84.63
F6—Si1—F289.28 (7)84.85
F6—Si1—F390.74 (7)94.28
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) top
D—H···AD—HH···AD···AD—H···A
O1—H1···F30.830 (18)2.01 (2)2.802 (2)160 (4)
 

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