TY - JOUR

T1 - A comparison of the isostructural [Co(NH3)5NO2]XNO3 and [Co(NH3)5ONO]XNO3, X = Cl- or Br- in relation to nitro-nitrito linkage isomerization and photomechanical effects

AU - Kalinina, Polina P

AU - Marchuk, Alexander S

AU - Sahoo, Subash

AU - Zakharov, Boris A

AU - Boldyreva, Elena V

PY - 2024/6/1

Y1 - 2024/6/1

N2 - A new photoactive cobalt coordination compound, [Co(NH3)5NO2]BrNO3 (I), was obtained. Its crystal structure was shown to be isostructural with previously known [Co(NH3)5NO2]ClNO3 (II) for which linkage isomerization accompanied with mechanical response of the crystal has been already reported. Single crystals of I are transformed into nitrito isomer [Co(NH3)5ONO]BrNO3 (III) on irradiation with blue light (λ = 465 nm) without being destroyed. The crystal structure of III was also solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and compared with previously known [Co(NH3)5ONO]ClNO3 (IV). A detailed comparison of the structures of I, II, III and IV, including unit-cell parameters, the distribution of free space (in particular, reaction cavities around the nitro ligand), the lengths of hydrogen bonds, coordination and Voronoi-Dirichlet polyhedra has been performed. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data were complemented with IR spectra. The effect of the replacement of Cl- by Br- on the crystal structure and on the nitro-nitrito photoisomerization is discussed.

AB - A new photoactive cobalt coordination compound, [Co(NH3)5NO2]BrNO3 (I), was obtained. Its crystal structure was shown to be isostructural with previously known [Co(NH3)5NO2]ClNO3 (II) for which linkage isomerization accompanied with mechanical response of the crystal has been already reported. Single crystals of I are transformed into nitrito isomer [Co(NH3)5ONO]BrNO3 (III) on irradiation with blue light (λ = 465 nm) without being destroyed. The crystal structure of III was also solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and compared with previously known [Co(NH3)5ONO]ClNO3 (IV). A detailed comparison of the structures of I, II, III and IV, including unit-cell parameters, the distribution of free space (in particular, reaction cavities around the nitro ligand), the lengths of hydrogen bonds, coordination and Voronoi-Dirichlet polyhedra has been performed. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data were complemented with IR spectra. The effect of the replacement of Cl- by Br- on the crystal structure and on the nitro-nitrito photoisomerization is discussed.

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U2 - 10.1107/S2052520624002816

DO - 10.1107/S2052520624002816

M3 - Article

C2 - 38713102

VL - 80

SP - 171

EP - 181

JO - Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials

JF - Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials

SN - 2052-5192

IS - Pt 3

ER -