cis-Aquachloridobis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)cobalt(II) chloride 2.5-hydrate

Abstract

In the title complex, [CoCl(C12H8N2)2(H2O)]Cl·2.5H2O, the CoII ion is coordinated by four N atoms of two bis-chelating 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligands, one water molecule and a chloride ligand in a distorted octahedral environment. The dihedral angle between the two phen ligands is 84.21 (3)°. In the crystal structure, complex molecules and chloride ions are linked into centrosymmetric four-component clusters by intermolecular O—H...Cl hydrogen bonds. Of the 2.5 solvent water molecules in the asymmetric unit, two were refined as disordered over two sites with fixed occupancies of ratios 0.50:0.50 and 0.60:0.40, while another was refined with half occupancy.