Synthesis and Characterization of a Cobalt Complex with Maleate and Pyridine

A new polymeric cobalt complex [Co(-male)(py)(H2O)]n (male = maleate; py = pyridine) 1 was prepared by cobalt chloride hexahydrate with disodium maleate and pyridine in an alcohol-aqueous solution. Single-crystal X-ray analysis has revealed that 1 crystallizes in the orthor- hombic system, space group Pnma with a = 18.001(1), b = 7.6001(6), c = 7.4731(6) ? V = 1022.4(1) 3, Z = 4, C9H9CoNO5, Mr = 270.10, Dc = 1.755 g/cm3, F(000) = 548, m(MoK? = 1.683 mm-1, S = 1.002, the final R = 0.0280 and wR = 0.0746 for 883 observed reflections with I > 2s(I). The structure analysis shows an approximate octahedral coordination environment of metal center. The Co(II) ions are bridged by maleic anions in a rare tetradentate coordination fashion with a syn-anti coplanar con- formation of the carboxyl group, forming a two-dimensional corrugated 2-D structure which is further attached into a three-dimensional framework via non-classical CH…O interactions between adjacent layers.