First neutral dinuclear cobalt complex formed by bridging [μ-O2P(H)R]- ligands: Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and quantum-chemical study

Abstract

© 2015 Mendeleev Communications. Published by Elsevier B.V. The reaction of cobalt dibromide hexahydrate with 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) and 9-anthrylphosphinic acid AntP(O)(OH)H (Ant = 9-anthryl) leads to the first example of a neutral dinuclear cobalt(ii) complex {Co2Br2[μ-O2P(H)Ant]2(bpy)2} formed by two bridging [μ-O2P(H)Ant]- ligands. The complex has been characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis and quantum-chemical calculations.