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Efficient Construction of Drug-like Bispirocyclic Scaffolds Via Organocatalytic Cycloadditions of α-Imino γ-Lactones and Alkylidene Pyrazolones
Published on: February 7, 2019
catena-Poly[[[cis-aqua-dibromido-cobalt(II)]-μ-(pyrazine-2-carb-oxy-lic acid)-κN,O:N] monohydrate]
Christopher Dares1, Rene Fournier, A B P Lever
1Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.
Abstract:
The title compound, {[CoBr(2)(C(5)H(4)N(2)O(2))(H(2)O)]·H(2)O}(n), is a one-dimensional coordination polymer which crystallizes as a monohydrate. The asymmetric unit contains one Co(II) atom in a distorted octa-hedral geometry, forming a chain parallel to [010] with the pyrazine carb-oxy-lic acid ligands coordinating on one side in a bidentate fashion through one N and one O atom, and in a monodentate fashion through a N atom, with N atoms trans, and with both ligands lying in the same plane. The bromide atoms are cis to each other, while a water mol-ecule occupies the final octa-hedral coordination site. The chains are linked together though an O-H⋯Br hydrogen bonding network, and are further stabilized by an O-H⋯Br and O-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding framework with the solvent water mol-ecule.
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