[N,N'-Bis(2,4,6-trimethyl-phen-yl)ethane-1,2-diimine-κ(2)N,N']tetra-carbonyl-chromium(0).
The octa-hedral coordination of the Cr(0) atom in the title compound, [Cr(C(20)H(24)N(2))(CO)(4)], displays some distortion. This is manifested by an exocyclic torsion angle C(mesitylene)-N-Cr-C(carbon-yl) that deviates by more than 20° from planarity. Another structural feature is the significant distortion from linearity of the Cr-C-O angles of the two carbonyl groups that inter-act with both ortho-methyl groups of the two mesitylene rings. The remaining two carbonyl groups overlap with the centres of the mesitylene rings themselves and are linear within <3°.
Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028,  South Africa.
Marilé
M
Landman
Roan
R
Fraser
René
R
Pretorius
Rohen
R
Prinsloo
David C
DC
Liles
Petrus H
PH
van Rooyen