Abstract
Single crystals of the title compound, [Co(NCS)2(C5H4BrN)2(C2H3N)2], were obtained by the reaction of Co(NCS)2 with 3-bromopyridine in acetonitrile. The CoII cations lie on crystallographic inversion centers and are coordinated by two N-bonded thiocyanate anions, two 3-bromopyridine and two acetonitrile ligands thereby forming slightly distorted CoN6 octahedra. In the crystal, these complexes are linked by C-H⋯S and C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network. In the direction of the crystallographic b-Axis, the complexes are arranged into columns with neighboring 3-bromopyridine ligands stacked onto each other, indicating π-π interactions. The CN stretching vibration of the thiocyanate anions is observed at 2066 cm-1, in agreement with the presence of only N-bonded anionic ligands. TG-DTA measurements reveal that in the first mass loss the acetonitrile ligands are removed and that in the second step, half of a 3-bromopyridine ligand is lost, leading to the formation of a polymeric compound with the composition [(Co(NCS)2)2(C5H4BrN)3] n already reported in the literature.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 14-18 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications |
Volume | 79 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 1 Jan 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support by the State of Schleswig-Holstein and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is gratefully acknowledged.
Funding for this research was provided by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant No. NA 720/5-2).
Data Availability Statement
Supporting information: this article has supporting information at journals.iucr.org/eKeywords
- 3-bromopyridine
- cobalt(II)thiocyanate
- crystal structure
- thermal properties