Hydrogen bonding: further evidence for the cause of the color change of nitrosylpentaamminechromium (III) compounds. Crystal structures of [Cr(NO)(NH3)5](PF6)2 and [Cr(NO)(NH3)5]Cl(PF6) |
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Authors: | Haruo Akashi Tsutomu Yamauchi |
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Institution: | a Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Okayama University of Science, Ridai-cho, Okayama 700-0005, Japan b Department of Chemistry, Okayama University of Science, Ridai-cho, Okayama 700-0005, Japan |
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Abstract: | The crystal structures of Cr(NO)(NH3)5](PF6)2 (red) and Cr(NO)(NH3)5]Cl(PF6) (brown) have been determined. The Cr(NO)(NH3)5]2+(A) complex cations in these compounds have a slightly distorted octahedral geometry with a strictly linear Cr-N-O arrangement (from symmetry). The short interatomic distances (2.399 Å × 4) between the O (nitrosyl) and H (ammonia in adjacent complex cations) atoms in A(PF6)2 indicate the existence of hydrogen bonds, while the interatomic distances (3.258 Å × 8) between those in ACl(PF6) are much longer, and the hydrogen bonds should be weak in spite of the presence of the smaller counter anion of chloride ion in ACl(PF6). Comparisons of the five crystal structures of A(PF6)2, ACl2, ACl(ClO4), ACl(PF6), and A(ClO4)2 have led to the conclusion that the existence of the strong hydrogen bonds gives red crystals of A(PF6)2, while the absence of hydrogen bonds results in the formation of green crystals of A(ClO4)2 (O ? H, 3.595 Å × 2). The color change of the crystals (from red to green) with the change of outer sphere anions is attributed to the change of the strength of the hydrogen bonding between the complex cations. |
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Keywords: | Nitrosyl complexes Chromium Ammine X-ray structures Hydrogen bonding Outer sphere anion |
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