Research Article

Zinc(II) and Nickel(II) Benzoate Complexes from the Use of 1-methyl-4,5-diphenylimidazole

Table 1

Crystal data and refinement parameters for complexes 1·2MeOH and 2·2MeCN.

1·2MeOH2·2MeCN

Empirical formulaC48H46N4O6ZnC64H54N6O8Ni2
Formula weight (g mol−1)840.261152.55
Temperature100(2)100(2)
Wavelength0.710730.71073
Crystal systemmonoclinicMonoclinic
Space group
a (Å)13.8301(2)29.7994(16)
b (Å)16.2359(2)10.4438(6)
c (Å)18.6267(3)18.1018(11)
( )94.075(2)98.745(6)
V3)4171.94(10)5568.1(6)
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Density (calculated) (g cm−3)1.3381.375
Absorption coefficient (mm−1)0.6440.739
F(000)17602400
Crystal size (mm)
Colour, habitcolorless, prismlight green, plate
range for data collection ( )3.07 to 30.293.15 to 30.39
Index ranges
Reflections collected/unique ( )
Observed reflections [I > 2σ(I)]78502906
Data/restraints/parameters
Goodness-of-fit on F 20.9620.805
Final , [I > 2σ(I)]0.0324, 0.07880.0392, 0.0591
Mean and max shift/error0.000 and 0.0020.000 and 0.001
Largest diff. peak and hole (e Å−3)0.503 and /0.666