A novel trinuclear Co(II) complex, {[CoL(PrOH)]2Co(H2O)}·PrOH, has been synthesized with 6-ethoxy-6'-hydroxy-2,2'-[ethylenedioxybis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenol (H3L), and characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR, UV-Vis, molar conductance and X-ray crystallographic analysis. Two n-propanol molecules and one water molecule coordinate to three Co(II) ions and four μ-phenoxo oxygen atoms from two [CoL(CH3CH2CH2OH)] units also coordinating to Co(II) ion. All the penta-coordinated Co(II) ions of the Co(II) complex have a slightly distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordinated polyhedron. Meanwhile, the μ-phenoxo bridges play important roles in assembling Co(II) ions and L(3-) units, which is different from the normal trinuclear Co(II) complexes with the Salamo-type ligands reported early.
Keywords: Asymmetric Salamo-type ligand; Co(II) complex; Crystal structure; Optical property; Synthesis.
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