Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Properties of a Dinuclear Cobalt(Ⅱ) Complex [Co2(α-furacrylato)4(Phen)2(H2O)]·C2H5OH

A dinuclear cobalt(Ⅱ) complex [Co2(α-furacrylato)4(Phen)2(H2O)]·C2H5OH has been synthesized with α-furacrylic acid and 1,10-phenanthroline as the ligands, and its crystal structure was determined. The crystal is of monoclinic system, space group C2/c with a=1.07388(8), b=2.4300(2), c=1.86708(14)nm, β=104.3830(10)o, V=4.719.4(7) nm3 , Dc=1.503 g/cm3 , Z=2, F(000)=2196, GOOF=1.053, the final R=0.0343 and wR=0.0883. The crystal structure shows that two neighboring cobalt(Ⅱ) ions are linked by the bridging coordination of two α-furacrylic acid anions and one water molecule, and their end positions are respectively coordinated with two 1,10-phenanthroline molecules and two α-furacrylic acid anions, forming a dinuclear structure. Both cobalt(Ⅱ) ions adopt hexa-coordinated distorted octahedral geometry. The electrochemical and fluorescence properties of the title complex are also discussed.