Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Co（Ⅱ） Complex with Taurine-5-methyl-2-hydroxyisophthalaldehyde Schiff Bases [Co(C13H16N2O7S2)（H2O）3]2·H2O

The title complex CoL(H2O)32·H2O(C26H46N4O21S4Co2),where L = taurine-5-methyl-2-hydroxyisophthalaldehydes,has been synthesized and characterized by IR and X-ray diffraction analysis.The crystal of the complex belongs to the triclinic system,space group P1,with a = 11.197(4),b = 13.309(5),c = 14.486(5),α = 78.827(13),β = 70.547(11),γ = 81.058(13)°,Mr = 996.77,S = 1.08,V = 1987.2(13)3,Z = 2,Dc = 1.666 g/cm3,F(000)= 1032,μ = 1.131 mm?1,R = 0.0633 and wR = 0.1293.According to the structural analysis,the Co(Ⅱ)ion adopts a slightly distorted six-coordinated octahedral geometry.One N atom of the Schiff base of each molecule was hydrogenated to form hydrogen bond with O atom.Two coterminous molecules packed in one crystal water molecule are linked by intermolecular hydrogen bonds,thus generating an infinite chain constructed by hydrogen bonds.