Crystal structure of pyridine and methanol axially coordinated 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octabutyloxyphthalocyaninatocobalt(II)(viz. α-octabutyloxyphthalocyaninatocobalt) [(n-BuO)8Pc]. Co(Py)(MeOH) (1) was determined by X-ray diffraction methods. Crystal data: monoclinic, space group P21/n, Z = 4, a = 1.06482(4), b = 3.5487(2), c = 1.79428(9) nm, β=103.246(2)°, V = 6.5792(5) nm3, μ = 0.325 mm-1. The result shows that the ring skeleton of 1 maintains planar conformation, which is similar to that of unsubstituted phthalocyanine but is remarkably different from the saddle shape conformation of 1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25-octabutyloxyphthalocyaninatocopper (II) [(n-BuO)8Pc]Cu(2), which has no axial coordination. In the structure of 1, the substituents butyloxy groups of 1 somewhat deviate from the ring plane, while pyridine and methanol are coordinated to the center atom Co from opposite sides of the ring plane. In addition, all molecules are stacked along axis a to form one-dimensional molecule chain, the neighboring molecules in the chain overlap to some extent with a benzene ring and a distance of 0.3565 nm.
Crystal structure of 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25-octa-butoxyphthalocyaninatocopper (Ⅱ) (1) was determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The crystal system is mono-clinic, space group is P21/c, Z = 4, a = 1.3741(1) nm, b = 2.6737(1) nm, c = 1.6690(1) nm, β=101.278(1)°. The steric congestion between the neighbouring butoxyl groups causes the distortion of the ring core of phthalocyanine (Pc) into a saddle shape conformation. In the crystal structure, molecules stack along a axis forming one-dimensional packing structure and there are two molecular overlap types which appear in turn with different distances between molecules, overlap area and angle.
CAI Jinwan, WANG Jundong, HUANG Jinling & CHEN NaishengInstitute of Research on Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, China
