4-[(4'-Chloro-methyl-[1,1'-biphen-yl]-4-yl)meth-yl]bis-(dimethyl-glyoximato-κN,N')(pyridine-κN)cobalt(III)

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2012 Feb 1;68(Pt 2):m160-1. doi: 10.1107/S1600536812001092. Epub 2012 Jan 14.

Abstract

The title compound, [Co(C(14)H(14)Cl)(C(4)H(6)N(2)O(2))(2)(C(5)H(5)N)], is a model compound for the more complex cobalamines like vitamins B(12). The Co(III) atom is coordinated by a (4'-chloro-methyl-[1,1'-biphen-yl]-4-yl)methyl group, an N-bonded pyridine and two N,N'-bidentate dimethyl-glyoximate ligands in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The glyoximate ligands exhibit intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which is very common in cobaloxime derivatives.