metal-organic compounds
Imidazolium trans-diaquadioxalatochromate(III) dihydrate
aLaboratoire de Matériaux et Cristallochimie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092 Manar II Tunis, Tunisia
*Correspondence e-mail: cherif.ichraf@yahoo.fr
In the title hydrated molecular salt, (C3H5N2)[Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]·2H2O, the complete cation is generated by a crystallographic twofold rotation axis, with one C atom lying on the rotation axis. The complete anion is generated by crystallographic inversion symmetry (CrIII -1), to generate a slightly distorted CrO6 octahedron with trans water molecules and chelating oxalate dianions. The oxalate ion is almost planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.017 Å) and the five-membered chelate ring is a shallow envelope with the metal ion displaced by 0.126 (1) Å from the ligand atoms. The features O—H⋯O, N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which link the components into a three-dimensional network.
CCDC reference: 802679
Related literature
For a related structure and background to oxalate complexes, see: Chérif et al. (2012). For the structures of salts containing the [Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]− anion with various cations, see: Bélombé et al. (2009); Nenwa et al. (2010); Chérif et al. (2011); Kahlenberg et al. (2011). For geometric parameters of the imidazolium cation, see: Zhu (2012); Smith & Wermuth (2010).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: CAD-4 EXPRESS (Duisenberg, 1992; Macíček & Yordanov, 1992); cell CAD-4 EXPRESS; data reduction: XCAD4 (Harms & Wocadlo, 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).
Supporting information
CCDC reference: 802679
10.1107/S160053681303078X/hb7157sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S160053681303078X/hb7157Isup2.hkl
A mixture of imidazole (1 mmol), oxalic acid dihydrate (2 mmol) and Cr(NO3)3·9H2O (1 mmol) was dissolved in 40 ml of water. The resulting solution was then stirred for 2 h and allowed to evaporate at room temperature. After two months, violet prisms of (I) were obtained.
All non hydrogen atoms were treated anisotropically and the H atoms were refined isotropically. After several cycles of
the hydrogen atoms were found in a difference Fourier map and the H(7) was placed in calculated position with C—H distance of 0.93 Å and constrained to ride on his parent atom [C(3)] with Uiso(H)=1.2Ueq(C).Data collection: CAD-4 EXPRESS (Duisenberg, 1992; Macíček & Yordanov, 1992); cell
CAD-4 EXPRESS (Duisenberg, 1992; Macíček & Yordanov, 1992); data reduction: XCAD4 (Harms & Wocadlo, 1995); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 1999); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 2012).Fig. 1. : A view of the title compound with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level for non-H atoms. [Symmetry codes: (i) -x + 3/2,-y + 1/2,-z + 1; (ii) -x + 2,y,-z + 3/2]. | |
Fig. 2. : Structure projection along b axis showing O—H···O (red dashed lines) and N—H···O (blue dashed lines) hydrogen bonds. |
(C3H5N2)[Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]·2H2O | F(000) = 756 |
Mr = 369.19 | Dx = 1.839 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: -C 2yc | Cell parameters from 25 reflections |
a = 10.836 (1) Å | θ = 10–15° |
b = 7.5409 (7) Å | µ = 0.93 mm−1 |
c = 16.349 (3) Å | T = 298 K |
β = 93.52 (1)° | Prism, violet |
V = 1333.4 (3) Å3 | 0.6 × 0.4 × 0.3 mm |
Z = 4 |
Enraf–Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer | 1369 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | Rint = 0.011 |
Graphite monochromator | θmax = 27.0°, θmin = 2.5° |
ω/2θ scans | h = −13→13 |
Absorption correction: ψ scan (North et al., 1968) | k = −1→9 |
Tmin = 0.647, Tmax = 0.757 | l = −20→1 |
1848 measured reflections | 2 standard reflections every 120 min |
1452 independent reflections | intensity decay: 2.2% |
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)] = 0.029 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.086 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.12 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0456P)2 + 1.7165P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
1452 reflections | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
124 parameters | Δρmax = 0.55 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.39 e Å−3 |
(C3H5N2)[Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]·2H2O | V = 1333.4 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 369.19 | Z = 4 |
Monoclinic, C2/c | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 10.836 (1) Å | µ = 0.93 mm−1 |
b = 7.5409 (7) Å | T = 298 K |
c = 16.349 (3) Å | 0.6 × 0.4 × 0.3 mm |
β = 93.52 (1)° |
Enraf–Nonius CAD-4 diffractometer | 1369 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Absorption correction: ψ scan (North et al., 1968) | Rint = 0.011 |
Tmin = 0.647, Tmax = 0.757 | 2 standard reflections every 120 min |
1848 measured reflections | intensity decay: 2.2% |
1452 independent reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.029 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.086 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.12 | Δρmax = 0.55 e Å−3 |
1452 reflections | Δρmin = −0.39 e Å−3 |
124 parameters |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s 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 > σ(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 | ||
Cr | 0.7500 | 0.2500 | 0.5000 | 0.02258 (15) | |
O2 | 0.70111 (13) | 0.12749 (18) | 0.39687 (8) | 0.0324 (3) | |
O3 | 0.83676 (12) | 0.02646 (17) | 0.52566 (8) | 0.0276 (3) | |
O4 | 0.73747 (15) | −0.12361 (19) | 0.33002 (9) | 0.0387 (4) | |
O6 | 0.86780 (17) | 0.5293 (2) | 0.31972 (10) | 0.0402 (4) | |
C1 | 0.83297 (15) | −0.0860 (2) | 0.46642 (11) | 0.0242 (4) | |
O1 | 0.59861 (14) | 0.1644 (2) | 0.54913 (11) | 0.0424 (4) | |
O5 | 0.88681 (13) | −0.22844 (18) | 0.46604 (9) | 0.0334 (3) | |
C2 | 0.75010 (16) | −0.0264 (2) | 0.38993 (11) | 0.0264 (4) | |
C3 | 0.9690 (2) | 0.1333 (3) | 0.71415 (13) | 0.0372 (5) | |
H7 | 0.9425 | 0.2337 | 0.6851 | 0.045* | |
N1 | 0.95088 (19) | −0.0291 (4) | 0.69055 (13) | 0.0575 (6) | |
C4 | 1.0000 | −0.1396 (5) | 0.7500 | 0.0518 (9) | |
H1 | 0.832 (3) | 0.618 (4) | 0.3298 (18) | 0.051 (8)* | |
H2 | 0.535 (3) | 0.199 (4) | 0.5285 (19) | 0.055 (8)* | |
H3 | 0.606 (3) | 0.101 (4) | 0.592 (2) | 0.056 (8)* | |
H4 | 0.837 (3) | 0.493 (5) | 0.283 (2) | 0.072 (12)* | |
H5 | 0.910 (4) | −0.078 (5) | 0.636 (2) | 0.085 (11)* | |
H6 | 1.0000 | −0.257 (7) | 0.7500 | 0.087 (18)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Cr | 0.0263 (2) | 0.0204 (2) | 0.0200 (2) | 0.00213 (14) | −0.00693 (15) | 0.00055 (13) |
O2 | 0.0411 (7) | 0.0286 (7) | 0.0257 (6) | 0.0078 (6) | −0.0137 (5) | −0.0039 (5) |
O3 | 0.0326 (7) | 0.0246 (6) | 0.0242 (6) | 0.0035 (5) | −0.0095 (5) | 0.0005 (5) |
O4 | 0.0485 (8) | 0.0352 (8) | 0.0306 (7) | 0.0058 (6) | −0.0109 (6) | −0.0097 (6) |
O6 | 0.0554 (10) | 0.0333 (8) | 0.0311 (8) | 0.0038 (7) | −0.0030 (7) | −0.0006 (6) |
C1 | 0.0222 (8) | 0.0235 (8) | 0.0262 (8) | −0.0013 (6) | −0.0029 (6) | 0.0014 (7) |
O1 | 0.0296 (8) | 0.0528 (10) | 0.0441 (9) | 0.0015 (7) | −0.0030 (7) | 0.0219 (8) |
O5 | 0.0326 (7) | 0.0260 (7) | 0.0408 (8) | 0.0062 (5) | −0.0053 (6) | −0.0010 (6) |
C2 | 0.0277 (8) | 0.0267 (9) | 0.0242 (8) | −0.0009 (7) | −0.0045 (7) | −0.0010 (7) |
C3 | 0.0401 (11) | 0.0382 (11) | 0.0335 (10) | 0.0124 (9) | 0.0040 (8) | 0.0118 (9) |
N1 | 0.0402 (10) | 0.0946 (19) | 0.0362 (10) | 0.0027 (11) | −0.0099 (8) | −0.0193 (11) |
C4 | 0.0457 (18) | 0.0294 (16) | 0.080 (3) | 0.000 | 0.0024 (17) | 0.000 |
Cr—O3i | 1.963 (1) | C1—O5 | 1.223 (2) |
Cr—O3 | 1.963 (1) | C1—C2 | 1.560 (2) |
Cr—O2 | 1.967 (1) | O1—H2 | 0.79 (4) |
Cr—O2i | 1.967 (1) | O1—H3 | 0.85 (3) |
Cr—O1i | 1.979 (2) | C3—N1 | 1.295 (3) |
Cr—O1 | 1.979 (2) | C3—C3ii | 1.315 (4) |
O2—C2 | 1.284 (2) | C3—H7 | 0.9300 |
O3—C1 | 1.286 (2) | N1—C4 | 1.363 (3) |
O4—C2 | 1.224 (2) | N1—H5 | 1.04 (4) |
O6—H1 | 0.80 (3) | C4—N1ii | 1.363 (3) |
O6—H4 | 0.73 (4) | C4—H6 | 0.89 (5) |
O3i—Cr—O3 | 180.0 | O5—C1—O3 | 126.15 (16) |
O3i—Cr—O2 | 96.89 (5) | O5—C1—C2 | 120.02 (16) |
O3—Cr—O2 | 83.11 (5) | O3—C1—C2 | 113.83 (14) |
O3i—Cr—O2i | 83.11 (5) | Cr—O1—H2 | 116 (2) |
O3—Cr—O2i | 96.89 (5) | Cr—O1—H3 | 119 (2) |
O2—Cr—O2i | 180.0 | H2—O1—H3 | 125 (3) |
O3i—Cr—O1i | 91.78 (7) | O4—C2—O2 | 125.83 (17) |
O3—Cr—O1i | 88.22 (7) | O4—C2—C1 | 119.95 (16) |
O2—Cr—O1i | 89.52 (7) | O2—C2—C1 | 114.21 (15) |
O2i—Cr—O1i | 90.48 (7) | N1—C3—C3ii | 108.99 (13) |
O3i—Cr—O1 | 88.22 (7) | N1—C3—H7 | 125.5 |
O3—Cr—O1 | 91.78 (7) | C3ii—C3—H7 | 125.5 |
O2—Cr—O1 | 90.48 (7) | C3—N1—C4 | 108.7 (2) |
O2i—Cr—O1 | 89.52 (7) | C3—N1—H5 | 130 (2) |
O1i—Cr—O1 | 180.0 | C4—N1—H5 | 122 (2) |
C2—O2—Cr | 114.16 (11) | N1ii—C4—N1 | 104.7 (3) |
C1—O3—Cr | 114.36 (11) | N1ii—C4—H6 | 127.67 (16) |
H1—O6—H4 | 107 (3) | N1—C4—H6 | 127.67 (15) |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3/2, −y+1/2, −z+1; (ii) −x+2, y, −z+3/2. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O6—H1···O4iii | 0.80 (3) | 2.20 (3) | 2.984 (2) | 168 (3) |
O6—H4···O4iv | 0.72 (3) | 2.16 (3) | 2.878 (2) | 174 (4) |
O1—H2···O5v | 0.79 (3) | 1.93 (3) | 2.717 (2) | 173 (3) |
O1—H3···O6i | 0.85 (3) | 1.75 (3) | 2.601 (2) | 176 (3) |
N1—H5···O3 | 1.04 (4) | 2.07 (3) | 2.926 (2) | 137 (2) |
C3—H7···O2i | 0.93 | 2.25 | 3.088 (3) | 150 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+3/2, −y+1/2, −z+1; (iii) x, y+1, z; (iv) −x+3/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (v) x−1/2, y+1/2, z. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O6—H1···O4i | 0.80 (3) | 2.20 (3) | 2.984 (2) | 168 (3) |
O6—H4···O4ii | 0.72 (3) | 2.16 (3) | 2.878 (2) | 174 (4) |
O1—H2···O5iii | 0.79 (3) | 1.93 (3) | 2.717 (2) | 173 (3) |
O1—H3···O6iv | 0.85 (3) | 1.75 (3) | 2.601 (2) | 176 (3) |
N1—H5···O3 | 1.04 (4) | 2.07 (3) | 2.926 (2) | 137 (2) |
C3—H7···O2iv | 0.93 | 2.25 | 3.088 (3) | 150 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) −x+3/2, y+1/2, −z+1/2; (iii) x−1/2, y+1/2, z; (iv) −x+3/2, −y+1/2, −z+1. |
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As part of our ongoing studies of new bis(oxalato)chromate(III) species of general formula (organic cation)[Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2].nH2O (Chérif et al., 2012), we now describe the synthesis and structure of the title compound, (I).
The asymmetric unit of (I) is formed by one-half cation, one half anion and one water molecule of crystallization (Fig. 1). The Cr+III ion lies on an inversion center and the C and H atoms of C(4)—H(6) groups lie on twofold rotation axis. In the anionic complex, the coordination environment of Cr+III ion involves six oxygen atoms (two from trans water molecules and four from two chelating oxalate dianion) in a slightly distorted octahedral geometry. The main distortion of the CrO6 octahedron is associated to the reduction from the ideal 90° value of some bond angles [83.11 (5)° for O(3)—Cr—O(2) and O(3)i—Cr—O(2)i]. The equatorial Cr—O(ox) distances are very similar, 1.963 (1) Å [Cr—O(3), Cr—O(3)i] and 1.967 (1) Å [Cr—O(2), Cr—O(2)i], and they are comparable with the values reported for similar compounds containing the [Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]- motif completed with various uncoordinated cations including quinolinium: [C9H8N][Cr(H2O)2(C2O4)2] (Bélombé et al., 2009), 4-dimethylaminopyridinium: [C7H11N2][Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2] (Nenwa et al., 2010), 4-aminopyridinium: [C5H7N2][Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]·H2O (Chérif et al., 2011), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium: [EMIm][Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2] (Kahlenberg et al., 2011) and 3-aminopyridinium (C5H7N2)[Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2] (Chérif et al., 2012). The axial Cr—O(water) distances of 1.979 (2) Å are somewhat longer than the Cr—O(ox) ones but significantly shorter than those for compounds already mentioned. As far as the imidazolium cations are concerned, the C—N [1.363 (3) Å for N(1)—C(4) and N(1)ii—C(4), 1.295 (3) Å for N(1)—C(3) and N(1)ii—C(3)ii] and C—C bond lengths of 1.315 (4) Å for C(3)—C(3)ii, agree with those reported for similar compounds (Zhu, 2012; Smith & Wermuth, 2010).
Within the crystal structure, hydrogen bonds consisting of O—H···O, N—H···O and C—H···O interactions contribute to the cohesion of the packing (Fig. 2). In fact, for the O—H···O hydrogen bonds, the uncoordinated water molecules [O(6)] play a role as both acceptors and donors while the coordinated one [O(1)] act only as donors. Finally, the [Cr(C2O4)2(H2O)2]- anions and (C3H5N2)+ cations are linked through N(1)—H(5)···O(3) and C(3)—H(7)···O(2) interactions. As a consequence, the overall hydrogen-bonded scheme can be described as a three-dimensional network.