Crystal structures of hexa(N-methylurea)cobalt(II) sulfate and thiosulfate
The crystal structures of the title compounds, [Co(C2H6N2O)6](SO4)(1) and[Co(C2H6N2O)6](S2O3) (2), have been determined at 295 K by X-ray diffraction using diffractometer data and refined by least squares to residuals of 0.042 (1), 0.043 (2) [875 and 926 reflections with I > (3σ(I)]. Crystals are trigonal, R 3c, a 1.4890(1) nm, α 43.34(1)° (1); a 1.4760(3) nm, α 44.53(1)° (2), Z 2. The compounds are isostructural; the complex cation has 3 symmetry, Co-O, 209.6(2) (1), 209.9(2) pm (2); the geometry of the ligand is well defined and precise, but the anions, located at sites of symmetry 32, are disordered. ��� The cobalt environment is distorted from Oh symmetry, being compressed along the threefold axis.