Thiocyanato Coordination Polymers with Isomeric Coordination Networks - Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties

Crystal structure of tetra-kis-(isonicotinamide-κN)bis-(thio-cyanato-κN)cobalt(II)-isonicotinamide-ethanol (1/2/1)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Co(NCS)2(C6H6N2O)4]·2C6H6N2O·C2H5OH, comprises one Co(II) cation, two thio-cyanate anions, four coordinating and two solvent isonicotinamide molecules and one ethanol solvent mol-ecule. The Co(II) cations are octa-hedrally coordinated by four N-coordinating isonicotinamide ligands and two terminally N-bonded thio-cyanate anions. These discrete complexes are linked by inter-molecular N-H⋯O and N-H⋯S hydrogen-bonding inter-actions into a three-dimensional network. The two isonicotinamide and the ethanol solvent mol-ecules are embedded in channels of this network and are linked through further N-H⋯O and N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds to the network. The ethanol solvent mol-ecule is disordered over two sets of sites (occupancy ratio 0.6:0.4).

Crystal structure of bis-(isonicotinamide-κN (1))bis-(thio-cyanato-κN)zinc

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Zn(SCN)2(C6H6N2O)2], consists of one Zn(2+) cation located on a twofold rotation axis, as well as of one thio-cyanate anion and one neutral isonicotinamide ligand, both occupying general positions. The Zn(2+) cation is tetra-hedrally coordinated into a discrete complex by the N atoms of two symmetry-related thio-cyanate anions and by the pyridine N atoms of two isonicotinamide ligands. The complexes are linked by inter-molecular C-H⋯O and N-H⋯O, and weak inter-molecular N-H⋯S hydrogen-bonding inter-actions into a three-dimensional network.

Synthesis, structures, and properties of Mn(II) and Cd(II) thiocyanato coordination compounds with 2,5-dimethylpyrazine as co-ligand

Reaction of manganese (II) thiocyanate with 2,5-dimethylpyrazine leads to the formation of three new coordination compounds of compositions Mn(NCS)2(2,5-dimethylpyrazine)2(H2O)2(1), Mn(NCS)2(H2O)2(MeOH)2-tris(2,5-dimethylpyrazine) solvate (2), and Mn(NCS)2(H2O)4-tetrakis(2,5-dimethylpyrazine) solvate (3) that were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. In their crystal structures, the Mn(II) cations are sixfold coordinated by two terminally N-bonded thiocyanato anions and two water molecules as well as by two 2,5-dimethylpyrazine ligands (1), two ethanol (2), or two water molecules (3), within slightly distorted octahedra. In compounds2and3, additional 2,5-dimethylpyrazine ligands are located in the cavities of the structures as solvate molecules. X-ray powder diffraction has shown that compounds1and2cannot be prepared as pure phases and that batches of compound3contain only minor traces of a contamination. Differential thermoanalysis and thermogravimetry have revealed that upon heating of compound3, an intermediate of composition Mn(NCS)2(2,5-dimethylpyrazine) (4) is formed, which cannot be obtained from solution. To mimic the structure of4, single crystals of a Cd compound of the same composition (5) were prepared from the liquid phase, and single crystal X-ray analysis has shown that it is isotypic to4.

Synthesis, structures, magnetic, and theoretical investigations of layered Co and Ni thiocyanate coordination polymers

Two new ferromagnetic layered Co(ii) and Ni(ii) thiocyanate coordination polymers were synthesized, structurally characterized and investigated for their magnetic behavior using susceptibility measurements and theoretical methods.