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Published on: March 19, 2020
Structural investigation of one- and two-dimensional coordination polymers based on cobalt-bis(dioxolene) units and
Olga Drath1, Robert W Gable1, Colette Boskovic1
1School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Abstract:
The combination of cobalt, 3,5-di-tert-butyldioxolene (3,5-dbdiox) and 1-hydroxy-1,2,4,5-tetrakis(pyridin-4-yl)cyclohexane (tpch) yields two coordination polymers with different connectivities, i.e. a one-dimensional zigzag chain and a two-dimensional sheet. Poly[[bis(3,5-di-tert-butylbenzene-1,2-diolato)bis(1,5-di-tert-butyl-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-yl-3-olato)[μ4-1-hydroxy-1,2,4,5-tetrakis(pyridin-4-yl)cyclohexane]cobalt(III)]-ethanol-water 1/7/5], {[Co2(C14H20O2)4(C26H24N4O)]·7C2H5OH·5H2O}n or {[Co2(3,5-dbdiox)4(tpch)}·7EtOH·5H2O}n, is the second structurally characterized example of a two-dimensional coordination polymer based on linked {Co(3,5-dbdiox)2} units. Variable-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies suggest that catena-poly[[[(3,5-di-tert-butylbenzene-1,2-diolato)(1,5-di-tert-butyl-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-yl-3-olato)cobalt(III)]-μ-1-hydroxy-1,2,4,5-tetrakis(pyridin-4-yl)cyclohexane]-ethanol-water (1/1/5)], {[Co(C14H20O2)2(C26H24N4O)]·C2H5OH·5H2O}n or {[Co(3,5-dbdiox)2(tpch)]·EtOH·5H2O}n, undergoes a temperature-induced valence tautomeric interconversion.
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