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Crystal structure of hexa-kis-(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)cobalt(II) bis-[tri-chlorido-(quinoline-κN)cobaltate(II)]
Tyler K Brescia1, Kaltrina Mulosmani1, Shivani Gulati2
1Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace, University, New York, NY 10038, USA.
Abstract:
There are few reports that describe crystal structures of compounds containing cobalt complexed to either dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO) or quinoline (C9H7N). The title compound, [Co(C2H6OS)6][CoCl3(C9H7N)]2, is a cobalt salt in which the metal ion is complexed to both Me2SO and quinoline. In particular, we observed that anhydrous cobalt(II) chloride reacts with quinoline in Me2SO to form a salt that is to be formulated as [CoII(Me2SO)6]2+{[CoIICl3quinoline]2-}. The CoII atom in the cation portion of this mol-ecule lies on a inversion center and is bound to the O atoms of six Me2SO moieties in an octa-hedral configuration, while the CoII atom in the anion is attached to three chloride ligands and one quinoline moiety in a tetra-hedral arrangement.
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