Crystal structure of tris-(trans-1,2-cyclo-hexa-ne-diamine-κ(2) N,N')chromium(III) tetra-chlorido-zincate chloride trihydrate from synchrotron data.

ABSTRACT: The structure of the title double salt, [Cr(rac-chxn)3][ZnCl4]Cl·3H2O (chxn is trans-1,2-cyclo-hexa-nedi-amine; C6H14N2), has been determined from synchrotron data. The Cr(III) ion is coordinated by six N atoms of three chelating chxn ligands, displaying a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination environment. The distorted tetra-hedral [ZnCl4](2-) anion, the isolated Cl(-) anion and three lattice water mol-ecules remain outside the coordination sphere. The Cr-N(chxn) bond lengths are in a narrow range between 2.0737 (12) and 2.0928 (12) Å; the mean N-Cr-N bite angle is 82.1 (4)°. The crystal packing is stabilized by hydrogen-bonding inter-actions between the amino groups of the chxn ligands and the water mol-ecules as donor groups, and O atoms of the water mol-ecules, chloride anions an

SUBMITTER: Moon D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4908525 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature