Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, m1263-m1265  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536806015558 ]

(Carbonato-²O,O')bis(1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')cobalt(III) chloride pentahydrate

X.-C. Fu, X.-Y. Wang, M.-T. Li, C.-G. Wang and X.-T. Deng

Abstract: The title compound, [Co(CO₃)(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂]Cl·5H₂O, contains [Co(CO₃)(phen)₂]⁺ cations (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), chloride ions and five independent non-coordinated water molecules, four of which show positional disorder. The Co^III atom displays a distorted octahedral geometry, being coordinated by four N atoms of two 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and two O atoms of the bidentate chelating carbonate group. The crystal packing is consolidated by hydrogen bonds and aromatic - stacking interactions between neighboring phenanthroline rings.

Online 12 May 2006

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