Crystal structure of tris(4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)cobalt(III) tris(hexafluorophosphate) monohydrate

Abstract

The title compound, [Co(C72H48N6)](PF6)3·H2O, crystallizes with one tripositive complex molecule, three hexafluorophosphate anions and one solvent molecule of water in the asymmetric unit. The N6 coordination set around the central CoIII atom defines a distorted octahedral environment. Four fluorine atoms of one hexafluorophosphate anion are disordered over two sets of positions with site-occupancy factors of 0.697 (5) and 0.303 (5). In the crystal, intermolecular π–π stacking interactions, C—H...π, C—H...F and O—H...F and interactions are present.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• cobalt(iii) complexes
• bathophenanthroline
• photodynamic therapy
• photodynamic therapy