Distorted octahedral cobalt

On the second problem the people in my area are responsible for the poor state of affairs. I take most responsibility because outside of octahedral and tetrahedral complexes no complete assignments have been made. But, we do have new results, and I think it is of some interest to present them. Cooper Langford and I at Columbia now have conclusive results on the energy levels in the distorted octahedral cobalt compounds. These are the Co(NH3)5X+2 complexes. 

Figure Cl Energy levels in the distorted octahedral cobalt complexes...

Fig. 17. Range of g values to be expected for distorted octahedral cobalt(II) complexes as a function...

Ethanol-dimethoxypropane solutions of either 1-formylisoquinoline or 2-formylquinoline thiosemicarbazone and cobalt(II) salts yield [Co(L)A2] complexes where A = Cl, Br, I, NO3, NCS, or NCSe [147]. All are non-electrolytes, have magnetic moments of 4.30-4.70 B.M. and are five coordinate with approximate trigonal bipyramidal stereochemistry involving NNS coordination based on electronic and infrared spectra. [Co(21-H)2] 2H2O was isolated from a cold methanolic solution of cobalt(II) chloride and 1-formylisoquinoline thiosemicarbazone [187]. Infrared spectral studies show NNS coordination the electronic spectral bands fit a distorted octahedral symmetry, and the magnetic moment is 4.48 B.M. 

Diketonate cobalt(III) complexes with alkyl peroxo adducts have been prepared recently and characterized structurally, and their value in hydrocarbon oxidation and olefin epoxidation examined.980 Compounds Co(acac) 2(L) (O O / - B u) with L = py, 4-Mepy and 1-Meim, as well as the analog of the first with dibenzoylmethane as the diketone, were prepared. A distorted octahedral geometry with the monodentates cis is consistently observed, and the Co—O bond distance for the peroxo ligand lies between 1.860(3) A and 1.879(2) A. 

Let us start with the Ni(II) complexes of the already mentioned scorpiand diammac (6,13-diammino-6,13-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacy-clotetradecane) in its two cis and trans conformations. In contrast to the previously mentioned chromium-, iron-, and cobalt-diammac complexes, in which the geometry of [M(fra s-diammac)]" + was substantially octahedral and that of the [M(cw-diammac)]" + was substantially trigonal prismatic, in the case of both [Nif/raws-diammac)]2+ and [Ni(m-diammac)]2 + the structural differences are attenuated and both can be viewed as more or less distorted octahedral geometries, with two sets of averaged Ni-N bond lengths of 2.07 A and 2.13 A, respectively.161 162 This is reflected by the fact that both the two complexes exhibit in aqueous solution a chemically reversible Ni(II)/Ni(III) oxidation ([Nif/raws-diammac)]2 + E° = + 0.67 V vs. SHE [Ni(m-diammac)]2 + ... 

S- and Se-donor ligands. The e.s.r. and electronic spectra of [Co(sacsac)2] and [Co(sacsac)2L] (sacsac = dithioacetylacetonate, L = py or piperidine) have been studied, and a polarographic study of [Co(sacsac)J (n = 2 or 3) in acetone has shown the complexes to have a well-defined capacity to accept one or two electrons in a reversible stepwise manner. The magnitude of the potentials and their reversible nature suggest that isolation of cobalt-sacsac complexes of low formal oxidation states should be possible." Co complexes of l,5-bis-(2-methylmercaptoethylthio)pentane are both hydrated and polymeric, and thermal decomposition in air or nitrogen leads to oxida tion to Co . Ethylenethiourea (etu) and tetramethylthiourea (tmtu) form the complexes [Co(etu) ](N03)2 and [Co(tmtu) ](C10 )2, which are tetrahedral, and [Co(etu)2(N03)2] and [Co(tmtu)2(N03)2] which have distorted octahedral co-ordination. 3-Diphenylphosphinothioyl-l-phenylthiourea, -1,1-diethyl-thiourea, and -1,1-dimethylthiourea form complexes with Co in which the ligands are bidentate. ... 

Fig. 15. The oloso distorted octahedral structure of the cobalt carbonyl acetylene complex Co4(CO)ioC2Et2 (50).

Cobalt(III)-alkyl peroxide complexes with the formula Co(BPI)(OOR)(OCOR ) (205 BPI = l,3-bis(2 -pyridylimino)isoindoline R= Bu , CMe2Ph R = Me, Ph, Bu ) have been prepared from the oxidation of Con(BPI)(OCOR ) complexes by alkyl hydroperoxides. The X-ray crystal structure of complex (205) (R=Bu R = Ph) revealed a distorted octahedral environment, with a monodendate OOBuc group and a bidendate carboxylate.635... 

Similar to the situation for quadrupole-induced relaxation, the quadrupole splitting in liquid crystals is zero if the molecular symmetry is tetrahedral or higher. Electric field gradients are zero for such symmetries so there can be no quadrupolar interaction. However, one expects to see small splittings from tetrahedral or octahedral derivatives because of structural distortions. These predominately arise from specific interactions with extraneous materials such as lipophilic headgroups in surfactant systems, as seen, for instance, in both cationic and anionic octahedral cobalt(III) species [23], Much larger splittings will be expected from other structure... 

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