A linear S-bridged trinuclear cobalt(III) complex with 2-aminobenzenethiol: Synthesis, crystal structure, and spectroscopic characterization.
Treatment of cobalt(II) perchlorate hexahydrate with 2 molar equiv. of 2-aminobenzenethiol (Habt) in acetonitrile afforded a tricationic tricobalt complex, [Co{Co(abt)3}2](ClO4)3·2CH3CN, by aerial oxidation. The molecular structure of the meso (ΔΛ) form of the complex was determined by X-ray crystallography. In the complex cation, the central Co is coordinated by six thiolate groups from two terminalfac(S)-[Co(abt)3] units in an octahedral geometry, forming a linear S-bridged tricobalt structure.
Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, Panskura Banamali College, Panskura RS, WB 721152, India ; Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260, USA.
Anangamohan
A
Panja
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Curtis E
CE
Moore
Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260, USA.
David M
DM
Eichhorn
2-Aminobenzenethiol; Crystal structure of the meso isomer; Spectral properties; Trinuclear S-bridged linear Co(III) complex