Bis(diethyl­enetriamine)­cobalt(III) hexa­chloridoindate(III)

Wu, Q.; Chen, S.; Zhang, C.; Zhi, X.; Chen, Z.

doi:10.1107/S1600536811016758

Volume 67
Part 6
Page m731
June 2011

Received 26 April 2011
Accepted 3 May 2011
Online 7 May 2011

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 296 K
Mean (C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.018
wR = 0.046
Data-to-parameter ratio = 22.5
Details

Bis(diethylenetriamine)cobalt(III) hexachloridoindate(III)

Qihui Wu,^a Shangwen Chen,^a Cailing Zhang,^a Xia Zhi ^a and Zelin Chen ^a ^*

^aDepartment of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Application Technology of Hainan, Superior Resources Chemical Materials, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, Hainan Province, People's Republic of China
Correspondence e-mail: czl69995@163.com

The title compound, [Co(C₄H₁₃N₃)₂][InCl₆], was synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. In the cation, the Co-N bond lengths lie in the range 1.967 (2)-1.9684 (15) Å. In the anion, the In^III atom is coordinated by six Cl atoms resulting in a slightly distorted octahedral geometry. Both metal atoms are located on special positions of site symmetry 2/m. Furthermore, one Cl atom and one N atom are located on a mirror plane. N-HCl hydrogen bonds between cations and anions consolidate the crystal packing.

Related literature

For the use of chiral metal complexes as templates in the synthesis of open-framework metal phosphates and germanates, see: Stalder & Wilkinson (1997); Wang et al. (2003a,b); Pan et al. (2005, 2008). For the introduction of chiral metal complexes into coordination polymers, see: Pan et al. (2010a,b, 2011); Tong & Pan (2011). For In-Cl bond lengths in other hexachloridoindium compounds, see: Rothammel et al. (1998).

Experimental

Crystal data

[Co(C₄H₁₃N₃)₂][InCl₆]
M_r = 592.80
Orthorhombic, C c c m
a = 10.8925 (5) Å
b = 14.7291 (7) Å
c = 12.2205 (6) Å
V = 1960.62 (16) Å³
Z = 4
Mo K radiation
= 2.84 mm^-1
T = 296 K
0.20 × 0.18 × 0.15 mm

Data collection

Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2002) T_min = 0.572, T_max = 0.653
6910 measured reflections
1282 independent reflections
1139 reflections with I > 2(I)
R_int = 0.021

Refinement

R[F² > 2(F²)] = 0.018
wR(F²) = 0.046
S = 1.06
1282 reflections
57 parameters
H-atom parameters constrained
_max = 0.34 e Å^-3
_min = -0.37 e Å^-3

Table 1
Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, °)

D-HA	D-H	HA	DA	D-HA
N1-H1ACl1ⁱ	0.90	2.62	3.4915 (17)	164
N1-H1BCl2ⁱⁱ	0.90	2.61	3.3823 (18)	144
N1-H1BCl1ⁱⁱⁱ	0.90	2.72	3.3957 (17)	133
N2-H2Cl1^iv	0.91	2.79	3.5407 (19)	141
N2-H2Cl1^v	0.91	2.79	3.5407 (19)	141
Symmetry codes: (i) $[x, -y, -z+{\script{1\over 2}}]$ ; (ii) -x-1, -y, -z; (iii) -x-1, -y, z; (iv) $[x+{\script{1\over 2}}, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, z]$ ; (v) $[x+{\script{1\over 2}}, y+{\script{1\over 2}}, -z]$ .

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2002); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2002); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: VM2092 ).

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