metal-organic compounds
Tetraethylammonium trichlorido(N,N′-dimethylformamide-κO)zinc
aDepartment of Applied Chemistry, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Jiangsu 213164, People's Republic of China, and bInstitute of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, Anhui 243002, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: zhangqf@ahut.edu.cn
The title complex salt, (C8H20N)[ZnCl3(C3H7NO)], contains one [Et4N]+ cation (Et is ethyl) and one [ZnCl3(DMF)]− anion (DMF is dimethylformamide). In the anion, the zinc atom is tetrahedrally coordinated by a DMF ligand via the O atom and by three terminal Cl atoms. The average Zn—Cl bond length and Cl—Zn—Cl angle are 2.243 (11) Å and 114 (3)°, respectively.
Related literature
For background to zinc complexes: see: Folting et al. (1984); Gavens et al. (1982); For related structures, see: Bottomley et al. (1989); Hsu et al. (2008); Price et al. (1998); Shevchenko et al. (2008); For a description of the Cambridge Structural Database, see: Allen (2002). For standard bond lengths, see: Allen et al. (1987).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2005); 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.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536813014323/ds2232sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536813014323/ds2232Isup2.hkl
Equal equivalent of anhydrous ZnCl2 and [Et4N]Cl was mixed in DMF, the mixture was stirred for 2 h at room temperature, and then Et2O was added slowly to clearly colourless solution and the precipitate that formed was filtered off with suction, washed with Et2O three times and dried in vacuo, yielding a white solid in ca. 94 %. Colourless crystals were obtained by slow diffusion of Et2O into a DMF solution of the white powder over several days. Anal. Calcd. for C11H27N2OCl3Zn: C, 35.22; H, 7.26; N, 7.47%. Found: C, 35.15; H, 7.22; N, 7.43%.
The structure was solved by
and refined by full-matrix least-squares procedure based on F2. All C Hydrogen atoms were placed in geometrically idealized positions and refined isotropically with a riding model for both C-sp2 [C—H = 0.93 Å and with Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C)] and C-sp3 [C—H = 0.96—0.97 Å and with Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C)].Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2005); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2005); 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 (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. The structure of the title compound, showing the atom-numbering scheme and displacement ellipsoids at the 50% probability level. | |
Fig. 2. Packing diagram of the title compound in a unit cell. |
(C8H20N)[ZnCl3(C3H7NO)] | F(000) = 784 |
Mr = 375.07 | Dx = 1.383 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 4191 reflections |
a = 12.3250 (18) Å | θ = 2.5–27.1° |
b = 8.8409 (13) Å | µ = 1.80 mm−1 |
c = 16.721 (2) Å | T = 296 K |
β = 98.558 (2)° | Block, colourless |
V = 1801.7 (5) Å3 | 0.29 × 0.20 × 0.16 mm |
Z = 4 |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4047 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3310 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.024 |
phi and ω scans | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 2.8° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1997) | h = −15→15 |
Tmin = 0.623, Tmax = 0.762 | k = −6→11 |
10673 measured reflections | l = −21→18 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.031 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.078 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0411P)2 + 0.2235P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4047 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
169 parameters | Δρmax = 0.46 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.53 e Å−3 |
(C8H20N)[ZnCl3(C3H7NO)] | V = 1801.7 (5) Å3 |
Mr = 375.07 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 12.3250 (18) Å | µ = 1.80 mm−1 |
b = 8.8409 (13) Å | T = 296 K |
c = 16.721 (2) Å | 0.29 × 0.20 × 0.16 mm |
β = 98.558 (2)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 4047 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1997) | 3310 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.623, Tmax = 0.762 | Rint = 0.024 |
10673 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.031 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.078 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.04 | Δρmax = 0.46 e Å−3 |
4047 reflections | Δρmin = −0.53 e Å−3 |
169 parameters |
Geometry. All esds (except the esd in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell esds are taken into account individually in the estimation of esds in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between esds in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell esds is used for estimating esds involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > 2sigma(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Zn1 | 0.768184 (17) | 0.26604 (3) | 0.138235 (13) | 0.04102 (9) | |
Cl1 | 0.86974 (6) | 0.22428 (7) | 0.03995 (4) | 0.06676 (17) | |
Cl2 | 0.66678 (4) | 0.47639 (6) | 0.12929 (3) | 0.05385 (14) | |
Cl3 | 0.68562 (4) | 0.05121 (6) | 0.17003 (3) | 0.05772 (15) | |
O1 | 0.88052 (12) | 0.30791 (17) | 0.23893 (8) | 0.0539 (4) | |
N1 | 0.99317 (13) | 0.22084 (17) | 0.34825 (9) | 0.0408 (3) | |
N2 | 0.67697 (12) | 0.71220 (18) | 0.39112 (9) | 0.0373 (3) | |
C1 | 0.91867 (15) | 0.2034 (2) | 0.28445 (11) | 0.0426 (4) | |
H1 | 0.8924 | 0.1062 | 0.2723 | 0.051* | |
C2 | 1.03514 (19) | 0.0923 (3) | 0.39750 (14) | 0.0609 (6) | |
H2A | 0.9998 | 0.0016 | 0.3755 | 0.091* | |
H2B | 1.0205 | 0.1065 | 0.4518 | 0.091* | |
H2C | 1.1129 | 0.0840 | 0.3978 | 0.091* | |
C3 | 1.03536 (19) | 0.3696 (3) | 0.37379 (14) | 0.0603 (6) | |
H3A | 0.9978 | 0.4453 | 0.3389 | 0.091* | |
H3B | 1.1125 | 0.3738 | 0.3708 | 0.091* | |
H3C | 1.0236 | 0.3879 | 0.4284 | 0.091* | |
C4 | 0.61949 (17) | 0.5862 (2) | 0.33990 (13) | 0.0513 (5) | |
H4A | 0.5418 | 0.5912 | 0.3436 | 0.062* | |
H4B | 0.6277 | 0.6048 | 0.2839 | 0.062* | |
C5 | 0.6591 (2) | 0.4277 (3) | 0.36167 (19) | 0.0823 (8) | |
H5A | 0.7345 | 0.4182 | 0.3540 | 0.123* | |
H5B | 0.6153 | 0.3563 | 0.3276 | 0.123* | |
H5C | 0.6527 | 0.4077 | 0.4172 | 0.123* | |
C6 | 0.79920 (17) | 0.7070 (3) | 0.38967 (14) | 0.0565 (5) | |
H6A | 0.8276 | 0.6129 | 0.4143 | 0.068* | |
H6B | 0.8333 | 0.7891 | 0.4228 | 0.068* | |
C7 | 0.8331 (2) | 0.7187 (3) | 0.30666 (16) | 0.0644 (6) | |
H7A | 0.8058 | 0.6327 | 0.2748 | 0.097* | |
H7B | 0.9117 | 0.7213 | 0.3118 | 0.097* | |
H7C | 0.8034 | 0.8096 | 0.2807 | 0.097* | |
C8 | 0.62689 (19) | 0.8583 (2) | 0.35567 (13) | 0.0553 (5) | |
H8A | 0.6373 | 0.8635 | 0.2994 | 0.066* | |
H8B | 0.5485 | 0.8551 | 0.3570 | 0.066* | |
C9 | 0.6723 (3) | 1.0009 (3) | 0.39742 (17) | 0.0973 (11) | |
H9A | 0.6589 | 1.0001 | 0.4525 | 0.146* | |
H9B | 0.6370 | 1.0872 | 0.3700 | 0.146* | |
H9C | 0.7498 | 1.0062 | 0.3963 | 0.146* | |
C10 | 0.66162 (17) | 0.6958 (3) | 0.47938 (11) | 0.0500 (5) | |
H10A | 0.6899 | 0.5979 | 0.4986 | 0.060* | |
H10B | 0.7057 | 0.7723 | 0.5106 | 0.060* | |
C11 | 0.54520 (19) | 0.7095 (3) | 0.49624 (13) | 0.0574 (6) | |
H11A | 0.5174 | 0.8083 | 0.4807 | 0.086* | |
H11B | 0.5436 | 0.6946 | 0.5529 | 0.086* | |
H11C | 0.5004 | 0.6343 | 0.4658 | 0.086* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Zn1 | 0.03799 (13) | 0.04580 (15) | 0.03841 (13) | −0.00102 (9) | 0.00288 (9) | 0.00403 (9) |
Cl1 | 0.0766 (4) | 0.0652 (4) | 0.0659 (4) | 0.0039 (3) | 0.0349 (3) | −0.0006 (3) |
Cl2 | 0.0537 (3) | 0.0524 (3) | 0.0547 (3) | 0.0098 (2) | 0.0054 (2) | 0.0019 (2) |
Cl3 | 0.0477 (3) | 0.0563 (3) | 0.0674 (3) | −0.0095 (2) | 0.0027 (2) | 0.0181 (3) |
O1 | 0.0539 (8) | 0.0539 (9) | 0.0486 (8) | −0.0036 (7) | −0.0099 (6) | 0.0072 (7) |
N1 | 0.0372 (8) | 0.0447 (9) | 0.0398 (8) | 0.0018 (7) | 0.0037 (6) | 0.0020 (7) |
N2 | 0.0352 (8) | 0.0417 (8) | 0.0350 (7) | −0.0015 (6) | 0.0050 (6) | 0.0012 (6) |
C1 | 0.0365 (10) | 0.0467 (11) | 0.0443 (10) | −0.0015 (8) | 0.0047 (8) | −0.0015 (8) |
C2 | 0.0649 (14) | 0.0563 (13) | 0.0574 (13) | 0.0154 (11) | −0.0050 (10) | 0.0062 (11) |
C3 | 0.0624 (13) | 0.0561 (13) | 0.0572 (13) | −0.0133 (11) | −0.0087 (10) | 0.0020 (10) |
C4 | 0.0497 (11) | 0.0536 (12) | 0.0513 (11) | −0.0106 (10) | 0.0103 (9) | −0.0124 (10) |
C5 | 0.105 (2) | 0.0462 (14) | 0.103 (2) | −0.0076 (14) | 0.0391 (17) | −0.0047 (14) |
C6 | 0.0352 (10) | 0.0756 (15) | 0.0582 (13) | −0.0051 (10) | 0.0055 (9) | −0.0006 (11) |
C7 | 0.0483 (13) | 0.0777 (17) | 0.0728 (16) | −0.0048 (11) | 0.0274 (11) | −0.0004 (12) |
C8 | 0.0700 (14) | 0.0486 (12) | 0.0504 (11) | 0.0135 (11) | 0.0190 (10) | 0.0112 (10) |
C9 | 0.170 (3) | 0.0429 (14) | 0.089 (2) | −0.0056 (17) | 0.055 (2) | −0.0052 (13) |
C10 | 0.0515 (12) | 0.0628 (13) | 0.0356 (10) | −0.0011 (10) | 0.0056 (8) | 0.0050 (9) |
C11 | 0.0590 (13) | 0.0689 (15) | 0.0474 (12) | −0.0043 (11) | 0.0184 (10) | 0.0022 (10) |
Zn1—O1 | 2.0482 (14) | C5—H5A | 0.9600 |
Zn1—Cl2 | 2.2332 (6) | C5—H5B | 0.9600 |
Zn1—Cl1 | 2.2397 (6) | C5—H5C | 0.9600 |
Zn1—Cl3 | 2.2552 (6) | C6—C7 | 1.512 (3) |
O1—C1 | 1.244 (2) | C6—H6A | 0.9700 |
N1—C1 | 1.309 (2) | C6—H6B | 0.9700 |
N1—C2 | 1.452 (3) | C7—H7A | 0.9600 |
N1—C3 | 1.455 (3) | C7—H7B | 0.9600 |
N2—C6 | 1.511 (2) | C7—H7C | 0.9600 |
N2—C8 | 1.514 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.508 (3) |
N2—C4 | 1.515 (2) | C8—H8A | 0.9700 |
N2—C10 | 1.523 (2) | C8—H8B | 0.9700 |
C1—H1 | 0.9300 | C9—H9A | 0.9600 |
C2—H2A | 0.9600 | C9—H9B | 0.9600 |
C2—H2B | 0.9600 | C9—H9C | 0.9600 |
C2—H2C | 0.9600 | C10—C11 | 1.508 (3) |
C3—H3A | 0.9600 | C10—H10A | 0.9700 |
C3—H3B | 0.9600 | C10—H10B | 0.9700 |
C3—H3C | 0.9600 | C11—H11A | 0.9600 |
C4—C5 | 1.511 (3) | C11—H11B | 0.9600 |
C4—H4A | 0.9700 | C11—H11C | 0.9600 |
C4—H4B | 0.9700 | ||
O1—Zn1—Cl2 | 101.98 (5) | C4—C5—H5C | 109.5 |
O1—Zn1—Cl1 | 104.46 (5) | H5A—C5—H5C | 109.5 |
Cl2—Zn1—Cl1 | 117.16 (2) | H5B—C5—H5C | 109.5 |
O1—Zn1—Cl3 | 103.41 (4) | N2—C6—C7 | 115.17 (19) |
Cl2—Zn1—Cl3 | 116.71 (2) | N2—C6—H6A | 108.5 |
Cl1—Zn1—Cl3 | 110.80 (2) | C7—C6—H6A | 108.5 |
C1—O1—Zn1 | 121.10 (14) | N2—C6—H6B | 108.5 |
C1—N1—C2 | 121.17 (17) | C7—C6—H6B | 108.5 |
C1—N1—C3 | 121.48 (17) | H6A—C6—H6B | 107.5 |
C2—N1—C3 | 117.33 (17) | C6—C7—H7A | 109.5 |
C6—N2—C8 | 111.66 (15) | C6—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C6—N2—C4 | 110.61 (15) | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C8—N2—C4 | 106.07 (16) | C6—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C6—N2—C10 | 106.30 (14) | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C8—N2—C10 | 111.01 (15) | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
C4—N2—C10 | 111.27 (15) | C9—C8—N2 | 115.5 (2) |
O1—C1—N1 | 124.53 (19) | C9—C8—H8A | 108.4 |
O1—C1—H1 | 117.7 | N2—C8—H8A | 108.4 |
N1—C1—H1 | 117.7 | C9—C8—H8B | 108.4 |
N1—C2—H2A | 109.5 | N2—C8—H8B | 108.4 |
N1—C2—H2B | 109.5 | H8A—C8—H8B | 107.5 |
H2A—C2—H2B | 109.5 | C8—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
N1—C2—H2C | 109.5 | C8—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
H2A—C2—H2C | 109.5 | H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
H2B—C2—H2C | 109.5 | C8—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
N1—C3—H3A | 109.5 | H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
N1—C3—H3B | 109.5 | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
H3A—C3—H3B | 109.5 | C11—C10—N2 | 115.63 (17) |
N1—C3—H3C | 109.5 | C11—C10—H10A | 108.4 |
H3A—C3—H3C | 109.5 | N2—C10—H10A | 108.4 |
H3B—C3—H3C | 109.5 | C11—C10—H10B | 108.4 |
C5—C4—N2 | 116.02 (19) | N2—C10—H10B | 108.4 |
C5—C4—H4A | 108.3 | H10A—C10—H10B | 107.4 |
N2—C4—H4A | 108.3 | C10—C11—H11A | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4B | 108.3 | C10—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
N2—C4—H4B | 108.3 | H11A—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
H4A—C4—H4B | 107.4 | C10—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5A | 109.5 | H11A—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5B | 109.5 | H11B—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
H5A—C5—H5B | 109.5 |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | (C8H20N)[ZnCl3(C3H7NO)] |
Mr | 375.07 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21/c |
Temperature (K) | 296 |
a, b, c (Å) | 12.3250 (18), 8.8409 (13), 16.721 (2) |
β (°) | 98.558 (2) |
V (Å3) | 1801.7 (5) |
Z | 4 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 1.80 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.29 × 0.20 × 0.16 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1997) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.623, 0.762 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 10673, 4047, 3310 |
Rint | 0.024 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.031, 0.078, 1.04 |
No. of reflections | 4047 |
No. of parameters | 169 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.46, −0.53 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005), SAINT (Bruker, 2005), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
Acknowledgements
This project was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (90922008).
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Inclusion of electropositive metal ions such as A13+, Mg2+, and Zn2+ in recipes for Ziegler-Natta olefin polymerization catalysts can substantially alter catalyst performance (Gavens et al., 1982). For example, the reactivity of ZnC12 toward early-transition-metal halides may yield a series of new materials for the function of co-catalysts (Folting et al., 1984). Actually, the direct reaction of ZnCl2 with other transition metal compounds has obvious limitation due to its solubility, it is necessary to develop new organometallic reagent of zinc metal. The reaction of anhydrous ZnCl2 with equal equivalent of [Et4N]Cl in DMF yielded soluble [Et4N][ZnCl3(DMF)] which was structurally characterized in this paper.
The title compound crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, containing two independent ions: [Et4N]+ cation and [ZnCl3(DMF)]- anion. The molecular structure of the title compound is depicted in Fig. 1. In [ZnCl3(DMF)]- anion, the zinc atom adopts a distorted tetrahedral geometry with a {three chloride and one oxygen} donor set involving the carbonyl oxygen O(1) of the N,N'-dimethylformide. Bond lengths to the metal atom are Zn(1)—Cl(1) 2.2397 (6), Zn(1)—Cl(2) 2.2332 (6), Zn(1)—Cl(3) 2.2552 (6) [av. Zn(1)—Cl = 2.2427 (6) Å] and Zn(1)—O(1) 2.0482 (14) Å, which agree well with those in [ZnCl3(LH)] (L = 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-(2-aminoethyl-N2)-5-methylisocytosine) (Price et al., 1998) and [Co(L1)Cl2][ZnCl3(DMF)] (L1 = 4,6,6-trimethyl-1,9-diamino-3,7-diazanon-3-ene) (Shevchenko et al., 2008). The tetrahedral coordination geometry around the zinc atom is considerably distorted, which is indicated by the Cl—Zn—Cl and O—Zn—Cl angles being in the ranges 104.46 (2)—116.71 (2) and 101.98 (5)—104.46 (5)°, respectively. The Zn—O bond length in the title compound (2.0482 (14) Å) is compared with those in (C13H28N2)2[Zn2(C8H4O4)Cl6].4H2O (1.956 (3) Å) (Hsu et al., 2008), [ZnCl(C4H8O)(µ-Cl)]n (1.981 (3) Å) (Bottomley et al., 1989), and [Co(L1)Cl2][ZnCl3(DMF)] (L1 = 4,6,6-trimethyl-1,9-diamino-3,7-diazanon-3-ene) (2.01 (1) Å) (Shevchenko et al., 2008). The [Et4N]+ cation in the title compound has its expected structure as well as normal distances and angles, which will not be discussed further (Allen et al., 1987).