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N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate)cobalt(II)
of dichloridobis(dimethylaLaboratoire de Chimie Minérale et Analytique, Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, and bDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 246, Nieuwland, Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46557-5670, USA
*Correspondence e-mail: mouhamadoubdiop@gmail.com
The structure of the mononuclear title complex, [{(H3CS)2C=NC≡ N}2CoCl2], consists of a CoII atom coordinated in a distorted tetrahedral manner by two Cl− ligands and the terminal N atoms of two dimethyl N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate ligands. The two organic ligands are almost coplanar, with a dihedral angle of 5.99 (6)° between their least-squares planes. The crystal packing features pairs of inversion-related complexes that are held together through C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯S interactions and π–π stacking [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.515 (su?) Å]. Additional C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯S interactions, as well as Cl⋯S contacts < 3.6 Å, consolidate the crystal packing.
Keywords: crystal structure; cobalt(II); dimethyl N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate; tetrahedral configuration.
CCDC reference: 1440755
1. Chemical context
Dimethyl N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate with its two N and two S atoms has four possible coordination sites and hence should present a high coordination ability. The behaviour of N and S atoms according to Pearson's concept as hard and soft donors, respectively, may allow coordination to both hard and soft Lewis acids. Despite this coordination property, the ligand has scarcely been studied. Only one crystalline compound with dimethyl N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate as a ligand has been reported previously (Kojić-Prodić et al., 1992). The structure of this latter compound contains polymeric [CuICl]n chains flanked by two N-coordinating ligands. Because of the scarcity of data on this ligand, we have initiated a study of the interactions between cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate and dimethyl N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate which has yielded the title complex, [{(H3CS)2C=NC≡ N}2CoCl2].
2. Structural commentary
The structure of the title complex consists of a CoII atom coordinated in a distorted tetrahedral manner by two Cl− ligands and the cyanide N atoms of two dimethyl N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate ligands (Fig. 1). Co—Cl and Co—N bond lengths are within expected ranges (Table 1). The Cl—Co—Cl angle is slightly larger than an ideal tetrahedral angle whereas three of the Cl—Co—N angles are smaller and the N—Co—N angle is very close to the ideal tetrahedral angle. This is remarkable because the bulky N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate ligands might be expected to enforce a higher distortion. The coordination of the ligand's nitrile nitrogen atoms to CoII is slightly bent (Table 1). Despite this bending, the nitrile groups retain triple-bond character, with C1≡N1 and C5≡N3 bond lengths of 1.148 (3) and 1.147 (3) Å, respectively. The angular sums of the central C atoms of the ligands (C1, C5, 360.0 and 359.98°, respectively) show the expected trigonal–planar configuration. The least-squares planes of the two dimethyl N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate ligands are almost co-planar [dihedral angle = 5.99 (6)°]. The CoII atom lies 0.437 (2) and 0.557 (2) Å from the mean planes of the two ligands.
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3. Supramolecular features
The crystal packing features inversion-related pairs of complex molecules (Fig. 2). These pairs are arranged such that Cl1 is oriented between the H3C—S groups of the adjacent molecule, presumably reducing steric interactions. Apart from C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯S interactions (Table 2), π–π stacking with a centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.515 (su?) Å prevails within a pair of complex molecules. In the crystal, these pairs are arranged parallel to (110) (Fig. 2). Additional C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯S interactions between individual pairs consolidate the crystal packing which might be influenced also by other weak contacts under 3.6 Å involving the Cl and S atoms (Table 3).
4. Synthesis and crystallization
All chemicals were purchased from Aldrich (Germany) and were used as received. The title compound was prepared by mixing of CoCl2·6H2O (1.665 g, 7 mmol) in acetonitrile (30 ml) and dimethyl N-cyanodithioiminocarbonate (1.023 g, 7 mmol) in acetonitrile (20 ml) at room temperature. The resulting blue solution was stirred for about 2 h. Blue crystals suitable for single-crystal X-ray diffraction were obtained after six days of slow solvent evaporation at room temperature (300 K).
Infra-red bands: ν(C≡N) 2224 cm−1, ν(C=N) 1458 cm−1, ν(CS2) + rocking CH3 1024 and 962 cm−1. Melting point 398 K. Elemental analyses of C8H12Cl2CoN4S4: calculated (found): C 22.75 (21.91), H 2.86 (3.43), N 13.27 (12.63), S 30.37 (29.40).
5. Refinement
Crystal data, data collection and structure . Methyl H atoms were allowed to rotate to maximize their contribution to the electron density and were modelled with C—H = 0.98 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C).
details are summarized in Table 4
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Supporting information
CCDC reference: 1440755
10.1107/S2056989015023439/wm5249sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S2056989015023439/wm5249Isup2.hkl
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2014); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2014); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2014); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXT2014 (Sheldrick, 2015a); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL2014 (Sheldrick, 2015b); molecular graphics: XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2006); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).[CoCl2(C4H6N2S2)2] | Z = 2 |
Mr = 422.29 | F(000) = 426 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.687 Mg m−3 |
a = 8.8533 (10) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 8.8722 (10) Å | Cell parameters from 6476 reflections |
c = 11.2487 (14) Å | θ = 2.3–28.4° |
α = 72.823 (3)° | µ = 1.85 mm−1 |
β = 87.281 (4)° | T = 120 K |
γ = 80.072 (3)° | Block, blue |
V = 831.51 (17) Å3 | 0.17 × 0.15 × 0.10 mm |
Bruker Kappa X8 APEXII diffractometer | 4139 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3566 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.028 |
Detector resolution: 8.33 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 28.4°, θmin = 1.9° |
combination of ω and φ–scans | h = −11→11 |
Absorption correction: numerical (SADABS; Krause et al., 2015) | k = −11→11 |
Tmin = 0.757, Tmax = 0.963 | l = −14→7 |
12851 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: real-space vector search |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.033 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.087 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.09 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0454P)2 + 0.4168P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
4139 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
176 parameters | Δρmax = 1.11 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.50 e Å−3 |
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. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Co1 | 0.32319 (3) | 0.80109 (3) | 0.23799 (3) | 0.01930 (9) | |
Cl1 | 0.16996 (6) | 0.61729 (6) | 0.29242 (6) | 0.02787 (13) | |
Cl2 | 0.23586 (6) | 1.01243 (6) | 0.08085 (5) | 0.02677 (13) | |
S1 | 0.35461 (6) | 0.94916 (6) | 0.80748 (5) | 0.02145 (12) | |
S2 | 0.53818 (6) | 0.72624 (6) | 0.68536 (5) | 0.02235 (12) | |
S3 | 0.83867 (6) | 0.41595 (6) | 0.37512 (5) | 0.02199 (12) | |
S4 | 0.97640 (6) | 0.27842 (6) | 0.17733 (5) | 0.02215 (12) | |
N1 | 0.3446 (2) | 0.8728 (2) | 0.38617 (18) | 0.0247 (4) | |
N2 | 0.3115 (2) | 0.9569 (2) | 0.57616 (17) | 0.0223 (4) | |
N3 | 0.5233 (2) | 0.6904 (2) | 0.19638 (19) | 0.0242 (4) | |
N4 | 0.73672 (19) | 0.5076 (2) | 0.14206 (18) | 0.0220 (4) | |
C1 | 0.3361 (2) | 0.9056 (2) | 0.4779 (2) | 0.0217 (4) | |
C2 | 0.3924 (2) | 0.8854 (2) | 0.6783 (2) | 0.0206 (4) | |
C3 | 0.1932 (3) | 1.1047 (3) | 0.7548 (2) | 0.0266 (5) | |
H3A | 0.1614 | 1.1553 | 0.8205 | 0.040* | |
H3B | 0.1081 | 1.0588 | 0.7346 | 0.040* | |
H3C | 0.2217 | 1.1849 | 0.6804 | 0.040* | |
C4 | 0.6032 (2) | 0.6665 (3) | 0.8441 (2) | 0.0261 (4) | |
H4A | 0.6846 | 0.5730 | 0.8579 | 0.039* | |
H4B | 0.5173 | 0.6391 | 0.9001 | 0.039* | |
H4C | 0.6429 | 0.7547 | 0.8608 | 0.039* | |
C5 | 0.6267 (2) | 0.6032 (2) | 0.1776 (2) | 0.0208 (4) | |
C6 | 0.8401 (2) | 0.4120 (2) | 0.2233 (2) | 0.0201 (4) | |
C7 | 1.0010 (3) | 0.2699 (3) | 0.4438 (2) | 0.0288 (5) | |
H7A | 1.0052 | 0.2589 | 0.5330 | 0.043* | |
H7B | 1.0951 | 0.3042 | 0.4038 | 0.043* | |
H7C | 0.9915 | 0.1667 | 0.4323 | 0.043* | |
C8 | 0.9185 (3) | 0.3104 (3) | 0.0198 (2) | 0.0271 (5) | |
H8A | 0.9860 | 0.2358 | −0.0163 | 0.041* | |
H8B | 0.9255 | 0.4205 | −0.0290 | 0.041* | |
H8C | 0.8125 | 0.2924 | 0.0188 | 0.041* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Co1 | 0.01959 (14) | 0.02016 (14) | 0.01816 (16) | 0.00228 (10) | −0.00075 (11) | −0.00863 (11) |
Cl1 | 0.0279 (3) | 0.0291 (3) | 0.0300 (3) | −0.0061 (2) | 0.0048 (2) | −0.0138 (2) |
Cl2 | 0.0319 (3) | 0.0244 (2) | 0.0215 (3) | 0.00654 (19) | −0.0057 (2) | −0.0084 (2) |
S1 | 0.0240 (2) | 0.0225 (2) | 0.0175 (3) | 0.00254 (19) | −0.00157 (19) | −0.0087 (2) |
S2 | 0.0242 (2) | 0.0216 (2) | 0.0215 (3) | 0.00096 (19) | 0.0012 (2) | −0.0095 (2) |
S3 | 0.0212 (2) | 0.0245 (2) | 0.0197 (3) | 0.00097 (18) | 0.00047 (19) | −0.0084 (2) |
S4 | 0.0208 (2) | 0.0231 (2) | 0.0210 (3) | 0.00428 (18) | 0.00045 (19) | −0.0086 (2) |
N1 | 0.0309 (9) | 0.0249 (9) | 0.0192 (9) | −0.0058 (7) | 0.0009 (7) | −0.0072 (7) |
N2 | 0.0273 (9) | 0.0222 (8) | 0.0175 (9) | −0.0008 (7) | −0.0002 (7) | −0.0076 (7) |
N3 | 0.0236 (8) | 0.0217 (8) | 0.0266 (10) | 0.0018 (7) | −0.0005 (7) | −0.0088 (7) |
N4 | 0.0210 (8) | 0.0222 (8) | 0.0211 (9) | 0.0025 (6) | 0.0004 (7) | −0.0070 (7) |
C1 | 0.0249 (10) | 0.0194 (9) | 0.0202 (11) | −0.0039 (7) | −0.0002 (8) | −0.0047 (8) |
C2 | 0.0214 (9) | 0.0202 (9) | 0.0208 (11) | −0.0032 (7) | 0.0032 (8) | −0.0077 (8) |
C3 | 0.0295 (11) | 0.0250 (10) | 0.0239 (11) | 0.0063 (8) | −0.0046 (9) | −0.0105 (9) |
C4 | 0.0246 (10) | 0.0272 (10) | 0.0259 (12) | 0.0043 (8) | −0.0055 (9) | −0.0109 (9) |
C5 | 0.0231 (9) | 0.0195 (9) | 0.0190 (10) | −0.0020 (7) | −0.0014 (8) | −0.0049 (8) |
C6 | 0.0198 (9) | 0.0197 (9) | 0.0203 (10) | −0.0013 (7) | 0.0020 (8) | −0.0067 (8) |
C7 | 0.0282 (11) | 0.0317 (11) | 0.0235 (12) | 0.0036 (9) | −0.0040 (9) | −0.0077 (9) |
C8 | 0.0295 (11) | 0.0309 (11) | 0.0199 (11) | 0.0046 (9) | −0.0007 (9) | −0.0113 (9) |
Co1—N3 | 1.9788 (18) | N3—C5 | 1.147 (3) |
Co1—N1 | 1.9791 (19) | N4—C5 | 1.306 (3) |
Co1—Cl2 | 2.2159 (6) | N4—C6 | 1.321 (3) |
Co1—Cl1 | 2.2291 (6) | C3—H3A | 0.9800 |
S1—C2 | 1.708 (2) | C3—H3B | 0.9800 |
S1—C3 | 1.793 (2) | C3—H3C | 0.9800 |
S2—C2 | 1.726 (2) | C4—H4A | 0.9800 |
S2—C4 | 1.798 (2) | C4—H4B | 0.9800 |
S3—C6 | 1.718 (2) | C4—H4C | 0.9800 |
S3—C7 | 1.793 (2) | C7—H7A | 0.9800 |
S4—C6 | 1.714 (2) | C7—H7B | 0.9800 |
S4—C8 | 1.795 (2) | C7—H7C | 0.9800 |
N1—C1 | 1.148 (3) | C8—H8A | 0.9800 |
N2—C1 | 1.310 (3) | C8—H8B | 0.9800 |
N2—C2 | 1.314 (3) | C8—H8C | 0.9800 |
N3—Co1—N1 | 110.03 (8) | H3B—C3—H3C | 109.5 |
N3—Co1—Cl2 | 110.81 (6) | S2—C4—H4A | 109.5 |
N1—Co1—Cl2 | 108.76 (6) | S2—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
N3—Co1—Cl1 | 106.16 (6) | H4A—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
N1—Co1—Cl1 | 106.68 (6) | S2—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
Cl2—Co1—Cl1 | 114.28 (2) | H4A—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
C2—S1—C3 | 100.97 (10) | H4B—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
C2—S2—C4 | 103.59 (10) | N3—C5—N4 | 172.7 (2) |
C6—S3—C7 | 103.88 (10) | N4—C6—S4 | 119.43 (16) |
C6—S4—C8 | 101.50 (10) | N4—C6—S3 | 121.39 (15) |
C1—N1—Co1 | 169.31 (18) | S4—C6—S3 | 119.16 (12) |
C1—N2—C2 | 120.71 (18) | S3—C7—H7A | 109.5 |
C5—N3—Co1 | 167.94 (18) | S3—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C5—N4—C6 | 120.10 (19) | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
N1—C1—N2 | 172.7 (2) | S3—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N2—C2—S1 | 120.19 (15) | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N2—C2—S2 | 121.18 (16) | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
S1—C2—S2 | 118.63 (13) | S4—C8—H8A | 109.5 |
S1—C3—H3A | 109.5 | S4—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
S1—C3—H3B | 109.5 | H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
H3A—C3—H3B | 109.5 | S4—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
S1—C3—H3C | 109.5 | H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
H3A—C3—H3C | 109.5 | H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C1—N2—C2—S1 | −177.67 (16) | C5—N4—C6—S4 | 175.87 (16) |
C1—N2—C2—S2 | 2.3 (3) | C5—N4—C6—S3 | −2.8 (3) |
C3—S1—C2—N2 | 2.6 (2) | C8—S4—C6—N4 | −3.5 (2) |
C3—S1—C2—S2 | −177.38 (13) | C8—S4—C6—S3 | 175.25 (13) |
C4—S2—C2—N2 | −176.86 (18) | C7—S3—C6—N4 | −178.88 (18) |
C4—S2—C2—S1 | 3.11 (15) | C7—S3—C6—S4 | 2.43 (16) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C3—H3A···Cl2i | 0.98 | 2.88 | 3.538 (2) | 125 |
C4—H4A···Cl1ii | 0.98 | 2.85 | 3.602 (2) | 135 |
C4—H4C···Cl2iii | 0.98 | 2.74 | 3.714 (2) | 177 |
C7—H7A···Cl1ii | 0.98 | 2.80 | 3.592 (3) | 138 |
C7—H7B···Cl1iv | 0.98 | 2.87 | 3.590 (3) | 131 |
C8—H8A···Cl2v | 0.98 | 2.73 | 3.450 (2) | 131 |
C8—H8B···S4vi | 0.98 | 2.95 | 3.910 (2) | 167 |
C8—H8C···S1ii | 0.98 | 2.99 | 3.709 (3) | 131 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y, z+1; (ii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1; (iii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1; (iv) x+1, y, z; (v) x+1, y−1, z; (vi) −x+2, −y+1, −z. |
Atom 1···Atom 2 | Distance (Å) |
Cl2···S1i | 3.3742 (11) |
Cl2···S4ii | 3.3814 (10) |
Cl1···S2iii | 3.5945 (10) |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y, z - 1; (ii) x - 1, y + 1, z; (iii) -x + 1, -y + 1, -z + 1. |
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (Sénégal) and University of Notre Dame (USA) for financial support and equipment facilities. The Dakar group thanks Dr Laurent Plasseraud (University of Burgundy, Dijon, France) for equipment support.
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