Di-μ2-cyanido-dicyanidobis{2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenolato}(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)dichromium(III)nickel(II) methanol disolvate

Abstract

In the title compound, [Cr2Ni(C16H14N2O2)2(CN)4(C10H24N4)]·2CH3OH, each [Cr(salen)(CN)2] unit {salen is 2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenolate} acts as a monodentate ligand through one of its two cyanide groups N bound to a central [Ni(cyclam)]2+ core (cyclam is 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane). Each CrIII ion is coordinated by two N and two O atoms from a salen ligand situated in the equatorial plane with two trans cyanide C atoms, yielding a distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The NiII atom lies on an inversion center and is octahedrally coordinated by a cyclam ligand lying in the equatorial plane and by two cyanide N atoms. The asymmetric unit contains one half of the complex molecule and a methanol solvent molecule. In the crystal structure, the complex molecule is linked to the methanol solvent molecules via O—H...O and N—H...O hydrogen bonds. Individual complex molecules are linked by C—H...N hydrogen bonds, forming chains along b.