title: Crystal structure of (18-crown-6)potassium(I) [(1,2,3,4,5-η)-cyclo-hepta-dien-yl][(1,2,3-η)-cyclo-hepta-trien-yl]cobalt(I).
abstract: The reaction of bis-(anthracene)cobaltate(-I) with excess cyclo-hepta-triene, C7H8, resulted in a new 18-electron cobaltate containing two different seven-membered ring ligands, based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The asymmetric unit of this structure contains two independent cation-anion pairs of the title complex, [K(18-crown-6)][Co(η(3)-C7H7)(η(5)-C7H9)], where 18-crown-6 stands for 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexa-oxa-cyclo-octa-decane (C12H24O6), in general positions and well separated. Each (18-crown-6)potassium cation is in contact with the η(3)-coordinating ligand of one cobaltate complex. Each η(3)-coordinating ligand behaves as an allylic anion whose exo-diene moiety is bent away from the allylic plane, and thus is not involved directly in the bonding. The metal-coordinating portions of the anionic η(5) ligands are planar and one of these ligands is modeled as disordered over two positions, with occupancy ratio 0.699 (5):0.301 (5), such that one orientation is rotated by one carbon atom with respect to the other. The diffraction intensities were integrated according to non-merohedral twin law [-1 0 0/0 -1 0/0.064 0 1], a 180° rotation about reciprocal lattice axis [001], and the masses of the twin domains refined to equal amounts. As both ligands are formally coordinated as anions, the cobalt atom is best considered to be Co(I). This compound is of inter-est as the first to possess cyclo-hepta-trienyl and cyclo-hepta-dienyl ligands in an anionic metal complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, 120 Trustee Road, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Brennessel
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, 207 Pleasant Street SE, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ellis
keywords: 18-crown-6; cobalt(I); crystal structure; cyclo­hepta­dien­yl; cyclo­hepta­trien­yl; hexa­oxa­cyclo­octa­deca­ne
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