4,4'-(Ethene-1,2-di-yl)dipyridinium 4-[2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethen-yl]pyridinium octa-cyanidomolybdate(V) tetra-hydrate.

ABSTRACT: The crystal structure of the title compound, (C12H12N2)(C12H11N2)[Mo(CN)8]·4H2O, consists of 4,4'-(ethene-1,2-di-yl)dipyridinium and 4-[2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethen-yl]pyridinium cations disordered over the same site, an [Mo(CN)8](3-) anion and four water mol-ecules of crystallization. The eight-coordinate [Mo(CN)8](3-) unit exhibits a slightly distorted square-anti-prismatic geometry. In the structure, the cations (crystallographic symmetry, 2) and anions (crystallographic symmetry, 222) are arranged alternately by N-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to the bc plane. These layers are further linked through O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, generating a three-dimensional supra-molecular network.

SUBMITTER: Yang XZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3588454 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature