Research Article

Use of the 2-Pyridinealdoxime/N,N′-Donor Ligand Combination in Cobalt(III) Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of Two Cationic Mononuclear Cobalt(III) Complexes

Table 2

Selected bond distances (Å) and angles (°) for complexes 1 2H2O and 2 1.5MeOH,a with the estimated standard deviations in parentheses.

1 2H2O2 1.5MeOH

Bond distances
Co–N( )1.928(4)1.937(3)
Co–N( )1.904(4)1.909(4)
Co–N( )1.986(4)1.977(4)
Co–N( )1.928(4)1.937(3)
Co–N( )1.904(4)1.909(4)
Co–N( )1.986(4)1.977(4)
N( )–O/O( )1.294(6)1.273(5)
N( )–C( )1.322(7)1.343(6)
N( )–C( )1.343(7)1.340(6)
N( )–C(6)1.298(7)1.309(7)

Bond angles
N( )–Co–N(3′)82.7( )82.2( )
N( )–Co–N( )88.6( )93.6( )
N( )–Co–N( )83.7( )83.7( )
N( )–Co–N( )89.9(3)89.8( )
N( )–Co–N( )96.1( )90.7( )
Co–N( )–O/O( )122.7(4)123.3(3)

Unprimed and primed atoms are related by symmetry.