Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, m1300-m1301  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536809038422 ]

cis-Aquachloridobis(1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')cobalt(II) chloride 2.5-hydrate

K. Arun Kumar, A. Dayalan and K. SethuSankar

Abstract: In the title complex, [CoCl(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂(H₂O)]Cl·2.5H₂O, the Co^II ion is coordinated by four N atoms of two bis-chelating 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligands, one water molecule and a chloride ligand in a distorted octahedral environment. The dihedral angle between the two phen ligands is 84.21 (3)°. In the crystal structure, complex molecules and chloride ions are linked into centrosymmetric four-component clusters by intermolecular O-HCl hydrogen bonds. Of the 2.5 solvent water molecules in the asymmetric unit, two were refined as disordered over two sites with fixed occupancies of ratios 0.50:0.50 and 0.60:0.40, while another was refined with half occupancy.

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