A series of
new complexes belo
ngi
ng to the [Co(4-terpyrido
ne)
2]X
p·
nS family (4-terpyrido
ne = 2,6-bis(2-pyridyl)-4(1
H)-pyrido
ne) have bee
n sy
nthesized a
nd characterized, usi
ng X-ray si
ngle crystal determi
natio
n a
nd mag
neticsusceptibility studies, to be X = [BF
4]
- (
p = 2) a
nd S = H
2O for polymorphs
1 a
nd
2, X = [BF
4]
- (
p = 1) a
nd[SiF
6]
2- (
p = 0.5) a
nd S = CH
3OH for
3, X = [SiF
6]
2- (
p = 1) a
nd S = 3CH
3OH a
nd H
2O for
4, X = [Co(NCS)
4]
2-(
p = 1) a
nd S = 0.5CH
3OH for
5, X = I
- (
p = 2) a
nd S = 5H
2O for
6, X = [PF
6]
- (
p = 1) for
7, a
nd X = [NO
3]
-(
p = 2) for
8. Compou
nds
1-
7 ca
n be grouped i
n three sets accordi
ng to the space group i
n which theycrystallize: (i)
Pntities/o
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nic (
1,
3), (ii)
P2
1 mo
nocli
nic (
2), a
nd (iii)
P2
1/
c mo
nocli
nic (
4-
7). The tride
ntate 4-terpyrido
neliga
nds coordi
nate the Co(II) io
ns i
n a mer fashio
n defi
ni
ng esse
ntially tetrago
nally compressed [CoN
6] octahedro
ns.The Co-N axial bo
nds i
nvolvi
ng the pyrido
ne ri
ngs are markedly shorter tha
n the Co-N equatorial bo
nds collectivelyde
noted as Co-N
central a
nd Co-N
distal, respectively. The differe
nces i
n the average Co-N
central or Co-N
distal dista
ncesobserved for
1-
7 reflect the differe
nt spi
n states of Co(II). Complexes
7 a
nd
4' are fully high spi
n (HS), while
5 a
nd
6 are low spi
n (LS). However, the cou
nterio
n [Co(NCS)
4]
2- i
n complex
5 is high spi
n. Complexes
1,
2,
3, a
nd
8exhibit spi
n-crossover behavior i
n the 400-100 K temperature regio
n. Compou
nds
1 a
nd
2 are polymorphs, a
ndi
nter
esti
ngly,
1 irreversibly tra
nsforms i
nto
2 above 340 K because of a crystallographic phase tra
nsitio
n whichi
nvolves a drastic modificatio
n of the crystal packi
ng. The releva
nt thermody
namic parameters associated with thespi
n tra
nsitio
n of polymorph
2 have bee
n estimated usi
ng the regular solutio
n theory leadi
ng to
H = 3.04 k
Jmol
-1,
S = 20 J K
-1 mol
-1, a
nd
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-1.