title: A heterotrimetallic Cu-Co-Zn complex with the 2,2'-iminodiethanol ligand.
abstract: The crystal structure of the title compound, triacetato-1kappaO;3kappa4O,O'-(2,2'-iminodiethanol)-1kappa3O,N,O'-bis(mu-2,2'-iminodiethanolato)-1kappa2O:2kappa6O,N,O':3kappa2O'-cobalt(III)copper(II)zinc(II), [CoCuZn(C4H9NO2)2(C2H3O2)3(C4H11NO2)], shows a molecule with a triangular three-metal core. The metal sites were refined with full occupancies, but the possibility that the Zn and Cu positions are actually mixed Cu/Zn sites cannot be excluded. The intermetallic Cu...Co and Co...Zn distances are 2.924 3 and 2.906 (3) angstroms, respectively. The neutral molecules are held together by N-H...O hydrogen bonds involving amine groups from the 2,2'-iminodiethanol ligands and acetate groups to build two-dimensional layers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inorganic Chemistry, National Taras Shevchenko University, Volodymyrska st. 64, Kyiv 01033, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Dmytro S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Nesterov
authors.forename: Volodymyr N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kokozay
authors.forename: Brian W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Skelton
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D000431:Ethanol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C520084:2,2'-iminodiethanol; D007097:Imines; D008024:Ligands; D003035:Cobalt; D000431:Ethanol; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc