More examples of the 15-crown-5⋯H2O - M - OH 2⋯15-crown-5 motif, M = Al3+, Cr3+ and Pd2+

Maxime A. Siegler, Jacob H. Prewitt, Steven P. Kelley, Sean Parkin, John P. Selegue, Carolyn Pratt Brock

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Abstract

Five structures of co-crystals grown from aqueous solutions equimolar in 15-crown-5 (or 15C5) and [M(H2O)6](NO3) n , M = Al3+, Cr3+ and Pd2+, are reported. The hydrogen-bonding patterns in all are similar: metal complexes including the fragment trans-H2O - M - OH2 alternate with 15C5 molecules, to which they are hydrogen bonded, to form stacks. A literature survey shows that this hydrogen-bonding pattern is very common. In each of the two polymorphs of the compound [Al(H2O)6](NO 3)3·15C5·4H2O there are two independent cations; one forms hydrogen bonds directly to the 15C5 molecules adjacent in the stack, while the other cation is hydrogen-bonded to two water molecules that act as spacers in the stack. These stacks are then crosslinked by hydrogen bonds formed by the three nitrate counterions and the three lattice water molecules. The hydrogen-bonded stacks in [Cr(H2O) 5(NO3)](NO3)2·1.5(15C5) ·H2O are discrete rather than infinite; each unit contains two Cr3+ complex cations and three 15C5 molecules. These units are again crosslinked by the uncoordinated nitrate ions and a lattice water molecule. In [Pd(H2O)2(NO3)2]·15C5 the infinite stacks are electrically neutral and are not crosslinked. In [Pd(H2O)2(NO3)2] ·2(15C5)·2H2O·2HNO3 a discrete, uncharged unit containing one Pd complex and two 15C5 molecules is capped off at either end by a lattice water molecule and an included nitric acid molecule. In all five structures the infinite stacks or discrete units form an array that is at least approximately hexagonal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)213-221
Number of pages9
JournalActa Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science
Volume66
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Co-crystals
  • Hydrogen bonding
  • Polymorphism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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