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Thermochemical Studies of Ni(II) and Zn(II) Ternary Complexes Using Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 8, 2022
Bis[μ-2-(2-naphth-oxy)acetato]bis-{aqua[2-(2-naphth-oxy)acetato]zinc(II)}
Fang-Jun Chen1, Hai Xu, Hui Xu
1Department of Chemistry, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title binuclear Zn(II) compound, [Zn(2)(C(12)H(9)O(3))(4)(H(2)O)(2)], is centrosymmetric. Each Zn atom is coordinated by two bridging 2-naphthoxyacetate anions, one terminal 2-naphth-oxy-acetate anion and one water mol-ecule in a distorted ZnO(4) tetra-hedral geometry. The naphthalene system of the bridging ligand is nearly perpendicular to the naphthalene of the terminal ligand, with a dihedral angle of 78.26 (6)°. Within the binuclear mol-ecule the Zn⋯Zn separation is 3.815 (5) Å. In the crystal structure, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonding between the water mol-ecule and carboxyl-ate groups helps to stabilize the crystal structure.
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