Coordination geometries of bis(4-amino-3-alkyl-1,2,4-triazole-5-thione) complexes of first row transition mtals: crystal structures of the cobalt and nickel complexes of 4-amino-3-trifluoromethyl-1,2,4-triazole-5-thione

摘要

Bis bidentate complexes of4-amino-3-trifluoromethyl-.1,2,4-triazole-5-thione, SN_4C_3H_3F_3 (afmt, I) of the divalent ions Co and Ni, have been crystallized by direct combination of the ligand and metal nitrate hydrate salt in ethanol. The structures of the free ligand I as well as the complexes were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The triazole bonds to the metal ion throAgh the amine and thione substituents on the five-membered ring. Two water molecules complete the octahedral coordination sphere. [Co(afmt)_2(H_2O)_2](NO_3)_2 (2) and (Ni(afmt)2(H_2O)_2](NO_3)_2 (3) are essentially isostructural with a trans arrangement of allligands. These structures are compared with those of four recently reported series of 4-amino-3-alkyl.-1 ,2,4-tri- azole-5-thione complexes (alkyl = H, CHJ, C_2H_5, and C_3H_7) and it is found that the behavior of the CF3-substituted ligand is most like that of the ethyl analog. Attempts to make complexes with other metals yielded crystals of the acid salt of the thiocarbohydrazide starting material. The crystal structure of thiocarbohydrazidium nitrate, [SN_4CH_7]NO_3 (4) has also been determined. The structure consists of layers of cations and anions in which the ammonium protons are hydrogen-bonded to the nitrate ions.