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

A dinuclear cobalt(II) complex [Co-2(alpha-furacrylato)(4)(Phen)(2)(H2O)]center dot C2H5OH has been synthesized with alpha-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, beta = 104.3830(10)degrees, V = 4.719.4(7) nm(3), D-c = 1.503 g/cm(3), 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(11) ions are linked by the bridging coordination of two a-furacrylic acid anions and one water molecule, and their end positions are respectively coordinated with two. 1,10-phenanthroline molecules and two a-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.