Atsuhiro Nabei

{6,6′-Dimeth­oxy-2,2′-[naphthalene-2,3-diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato}thio­cyanato­cobalt(III) diethyl ether dichloro­methane solvate

In the title complex, [Co(C26H20N2O4)(NCS)]·C4H10O·CH2Cl2, the pentacoordinated CoIII atom exhibits a distorted square-pyramidal geometry with an N,N′,O,O′ tetradentate Schiff base ligand in the basal plane and one thiocyanate ligand at the apical site. The diethyl ether molecule is located in a cavity provided by four O atoms of the ligand with weak C—H⋯O interactions, generating two short O⋯O contact distances [2.766 (3) and 2.745 (3) Å] between the diethyl ether molecule and the ligand. The crystal structure is stabilized by the weak C—H⋯O and C—H⋯N interactions and π–π interactions between the naphthyl ring system and the benzene ring [centroid–centroid distance = 3.657 (5) Å] and between the two naphthyl ring systems [centroid–centroid distance = 4.305 (2) Å].

{6,6′-Dimeth­oxy-2,2′-[o-phenyl­enebis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato}cobalt(II) dichloro­methane disolvate

The title compound, [Co(C22H18N2O4)]·2CH2Cl2, was isolated from the reaction of N,N′(o-phenylene)bis(vanillalimine) (H2 L) with Co(SCN)2. The crystal structure contains a CoII ion surrounded by the L 2− ligand in a slightly distorted square-planar fashion. Intermolecular C—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding contacts between the dichloromethane solvent molecules and the methoxy or carboxylate O atoms are observed in the crystal structure. The planar complex molecules stack through inversion related π–π interactions between the six-membered rings of the vanillalimine half ligands. The distance between centroids is 3.498 (2) Å and the perpendicular distance is 3.345 Å. A partial stacking is observed with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.830 (2) Å, a perpendicular distance of 3.350 Å and a slippage of 1.856 Å.