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Crystal structure of bis(ethyltriphenylphos-phonium) tetrabromidozincate(II), C40H40Br4P2Zn

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Abstract

C40H40Br4P2Zn, monoclinic, Cc (no. 9), a = 12.2430(6) Å, b = 21.120(1) Å, c = 16.405(1) Å, β = 111.015(2)°, V = 3959.7 Å3, Z = 4, Rgt(F) = 0.0443, wRref(F2) = 0.1070, T = 200 K.

CCDC no.:: 1267/4340

Table 1

Data collection and handling.

Crystal:Colourless platelets, size
0.238×0.402×0.588 mm
Wavelength:Mo Kα radiation (0.71069 Å)
μ47.64 cm−1
Diffractometer, scan mode:Bruker APEX-II CCD, φ and ω
2θmax56.66°
N(hkl)measured, N(hkl)unique:16265, 8152
Criterion for Iobs, N(hkl)gt:Iobs > 2 σ(Iobs), 6546
N(param)refined:426
Programs:SHELX, WinGX, MERCURY,
PLATON [9–12]
Table 2

Atomic coordinates and displacement parameters (in Å2).

AtomSitexyzUiso
H(1A)4a0.20520.16990.22040.043
H(1B)4a0.13100.21000.13600.043
H(2A)4a−0.03740.19640.18000.077
H(2B)4a0.06370.24000.24450.077
H(2C)4a0.05050.16810.27010.077
H(12)4a0.21650.05300.27590.053
H(13)4a0.1869−0.01690.37560.063
H(14)4a0.0096−0.06670.34470.058
H(15)4a−0.1425−0.04700.21300.065
H(16)4a−0.11680.02610.11430.052
H(22)4a−0.04350.21550.03140.052
H(23)4a−0.20150.2344−0.09850.075
H(24)4a−0.29320.1491−0.18730.076
H(25)4a−0.23740.0462−0.14560.066
H(26)4a−0.08030.0253−0.01640.043
H(32)4a0.1746−0.01940.10090.046
H(33)4a0.3313−0.05410.06390.057
H(34)4a0.44840.01830.02700.059
H(35)4a0.40130.12410.01820.079
H(36)4a0.24890.15960.05700.074
H(3A)4a0.57220.28770.31730.042
H(3B)4a0.51950.34480.25100.042
H(4A)4a0.37500.27740.15770.083
H(4B)4a0.36990.27400.25370.083
H(4C)4a0.43050.21810.21940.083
H(42)4a0.62050.17580.30160.063
H(43)4a0.63690.06630.28950.075
H(44)4a0.67140.02390.17160.067
H(45)4a0.69410.08950.06540.065
H(46)4a0.68620.20040.07900.049
H(52)4a0.84850.23350.33180.068
H(53)4a1.02440.28010.41950.079
H(54)4a1.05810.38560.41030.071
H(55)4a0.91320.45010.31190.071
H(56)4a0.73630.40420.22490.057
H(62)4a0.75210.31130.08180.046
H(63)4a0.69610.3618−0.05350.050
H(64)4a0.50370.3983−0.12070.055
H(65)4a0.37530.3915−0.04730.049
H(66)4a0.42790.34070.08600.040

Source of material

The compound was prepared upon dissolving ZnBr2 in hot concentrated hydrobromic acid and subsequent addition of 2 equivalents of ethyltriphenylphosphonium bromide. Crystals suitable for the diffraction study were obtained upon slow cooling of the reaction mixture to room temperature.

Table 3

Atomic coordinates and displacement parameters (in Å2).

AtomSitexyzU11U22U33U12U13U23
P(1)4a0.0807(1)0.10394(8)0.1151(1)0.0244(8)0.0252(8)0.0260(8)−0.0010(7)0.0068(7)0.0023(7)
C(1)4a0.1260(6)0.1760(3)0.1761(4)0.042(4)0.022(3)0.041(4)0.003(3)0.013(3)−0.001(3)
C(2)4a0.0433(8)0.1970(4)0.2217(5)0.068(6)0.044(5)0.052(5)0.006(4)0.034(4)−0.003(4)
C(11)4a0.0513(6)0.0454(3)0.1852(4)0.037(4)0.028(3)0.027(3)0.002(3)0.011(3)0.005(3)
C(12)4a0.1427(7)0.0330(4)0.2632(5)0.054(5)0.038(4)0.037(4)−0.002(4)0.013(4)−0.002(3)
C(13)4a0.1251(8)−0.0086(4)0.3219(5)0.073(6)0.054(5)0.027(4)0.014(5)0.015(4)0.005(3)
C(14)4a0.0206(8)−0.0379(4)0.3039(5)0.075(6)0.036(4)0.052(5)0.007(4)0.044(5)0.006(3)
C(15)4a−0.0696(8)−0.0259(4)0.2262(6)0.049(5)0.060(5)0.066(6)0.001(4)0.035(5)0.016(4)
C(16)4a−0.0541(7)0.0168(3)0.1671(5)0.042(5)0.040(4)0.054(5)0.003(3)0.023(4)0.012(3)
C(21)4a−0.0451(5)0.1180(3)0.0196(4)0.014(3)0.039(4)0.026(3)−0.002(3)0.006(2)0.003(3)
C(22)4a−0.0823(6)0.1811(4)−0.0048(5)0.036(4)0.037(4)0.054(5)0.002(3)0.013(4)0.015(3)
C(23)4a−0.1755(7)0.1924(5)−0.0816(6)0.038(5)0.074(7)0.065(6)−0.002(4)0.006(4)0.028(5)
C(24)4a−0.2306(8)0.1414(5)−0.1337(6)0.049(5)0.096(8)0.041(5)−0.004(5)0.011(4)0.026(5)
C(25)4a−0.1968(6)0.0803(5)−0.1096(5)0.028(4)0.097(7)0.035(4)−0.027(4)0.006(3)−0.014(4)
C(26)4a−0.1038(6)0.0677(3)−0.0329(4)0.034(4)0.036(4)0.037(4)−0.001(3)0.013(3)−0.002(3)
C(31)4a0.1983(6)0.0747(3)0.0848(4)0.029(3)0.032(4)0.031(3)0.003(3)0.010(3)0.002(3)
C(32)4a0.2219(6)0.0103(3)0.0854(5)0.033(4)0.036(4)0.050(4)−0.003(3)0.019(3)−0.003(3)
C(33)4a0.3147(7)−0.0101(4)0.0632(5)0.042(5)0.037(4)0.059(5)0.011(4)0.014(4)0.002(4)
C(34)4a0.3830(7)0.0324(4)0.0403(5)0.030(4)0.062(5)0.058(5)0.003(4)0.017(4)−0.013(4)
C(35)4a0.3563(8)0.0946(4)0.0367(7)0.053(5)0.056(6)0.114(8)−0.001(4)0.061(6)0.013(5)
C(36)4a0.2654(8)0.1156(4)0.0592(6)0.074(7)0.042(5)0.090(7)0.011(4)0.054(6)0.016(4)
P(2)4a0.6382(2)0.28240(8)0.2022(1)0.0327(9)0.0302(9)0.0248(8)0.0038(7)0.0077(7)−0.0011(7)
C(3)4a0.5351(6)0.2986(3)0.2546(4)0.046(4)0.032(4)0.029(3)0.009(3)0.016(3)0.003(3)
C(4)4a0.4169(8)0.2639(4)0.2180(5)0.063(6)0.059(6)0.052(5)−0.008(4)0.031(4)0.010(4)
C(41)4a0.6509(6)0.1985(3)0.1916(4)0.036(4)0.027(3)0.030(3)0.004(3)0.006(3)−0.005(3)
C(42)4a0.6366(8)0.1586(4)0.2535(5)0.083(6)0.040(4)0.033(4)0.010(4)0.018(4)0.000(3)
C(43)4a0.6455(9)0.0935(4)0.2460(6)0.093(7)0.043(5)0.047(5)0.016(5)0.019(5)0.018(4)
C(44)4a0.6664(8)0.0685(4)0.1767(5)0.063(6)0.037(4)0.053(5)0.011(4)0.004(4)0.000(4)
C(45)4a0.6803(8)0.1074(4)0.1140(5)0.069(6)0.041(4)0.044(4)0.022(4)0.012(4)−0.006(4)
C(46)4a0.6744(7)0.1734(4)0.1213(4)0.047(5)0.042(4)0.031(4)0.007(3)0.011(3)−0.002(3)
C(51)4a0.7778(6)0.3152(3)0.2690(4)0.033(4)0.036(4)0.027(3)0.007(3)0.005(3)−0.013(3)
C(52)4a0.8617(8)0.2775(4)0.3273(5)0.069(6)0.047(5)0.043(5)0.006(5)0.006(4)−0.009(4)
C(53)4a0.9656(8)0.3055(5)0.3792(6)0.047(5)0.074(7)0.052(5)0.022(5)−0.011(4)−0.021(5)
C(54)4a0.9857(7)0.3677(5)0.3742(6)0.033(4)0.091(7)0.052(5)−0.011(5)0.014(4)−0.028(5)
C(55)4a0.9001(8)0.4061(4)0.3159(5)0.061(6)0.054(5)0.054(5)−0.021(5)0.013(5)−0.008(4)
C(56)4a0.7960(7)0.3787(4)0.2642(5)0.046(5)0.040(5)0.045(4)−0.002(4)0.004(4)−0.006(3)
C(61)4a0.5940(5)0.3211(3)0.0980(4)0.021(3)0.023(3)0.024(3)−0.003(2)0.002(2)0.001(2)
C(62)4a0.6748(6)0.3273(4)0.0554(4)0.031(4)0.047(5)0.035(4)0.003(3)0.010(3)−0.004(3)
C(63)4a0.6414(7)0.3569(3)−0.0250(5)0.049(5)0.041(4)0.045(4)−0.013(3)0.029(4)−0.001(3)
C(64)4a0.5278(8)0.3795(4)−0.0644(5)0.057(5)0.047(5)0.028(4)−0.005(4)0.009(4)0.004(3)
C(65)4a0.4518(7)0.3743(3)−0.0217(4)0.045(5)0.039(4)0.034(4)0.000(3)0.010(3)0.008(3)
C(66)4a0.4835(6)0.3447(3)0.0581(4)0.028(4)0.041(4)0.031(3)−0.001(3)0.011(3)0.001(3)
Br(1)4a0.53939(9)0.14306(5)0.63177(5)0.1036(8)0.0904(7)0.0399(5)−0.0531(6)0.0383(5)−0.0227(5)
Br(2)4a0.38753(7)0.13319(4)0.37717(5)0.0320(4)0.0672(6)0.0483(4)−0.0089(4)−0.0057(3)0.0132(4)
Br(3)4a0.67116(8)0.03790(4)0.48638(7)0.0589(5)0.0383(4)0.1019(7)0.0219(4)0.0461(5)0.0311(5)
Br(4)4a0.68262(6)0.22385(3)0.47960(4)0.0370(4)0.0340(4)0.0346(3)−0.0084(3)0.0096(3)−0.0003(3)
Zn(1)4a0.57156(6)0.13356(4)0.49705(4)0.0263(4)0.0322(4)0.0250(4)−0.0019(3)0.0052(3)0.0023(3)

Experimental details

Carbon-bound H atoms were placed in calculated positions (C–H 0.95 Å for aromatic and C–H 0.99 Å for methylene groups) and were included in the refinement in the riding model approximation, with Uiso(H) set to 1.2Ueq(C). The H atoms of the methyl groups were allowed to rotate with a fixed angle around the C–C bond to best fit the experimental electron density (HFIX 137 in the SHELX program suite [9]), with Uiso(H) set to 1.5Ueq(C).

Discussion

The crystallization of ionic compounds is strongly influenced by the relative spatial size ratio of anion to cation, and the presence of different anions may influence the conformation and metric parameters of the cation in the case of bigger, organic cations. At the beginning of a comprehensive study of the influence of various anions on bond lengths and angles among a series of tetraorgano phosphonium compounds, the title was synthesized. Crystal and molecular structures of several tetrachloridozincate(II) anions with tetraorganophosphonium counterions such as trimethylphenylphosphonium [1], methyltriphenylphosphonium [1] or tetraphenylphosphonium [2] as well as tetrabromidozincate(II) anions with tetraorganophosphonium counterions such as methyltriphenylphosphonium [3], tetraphenylphosphonium [2] or methylenebis(triethylphosphonium) [4] are apparent in the literature. The title compound is the bis(ethyltriphenylphosphonium) salt of tetrabromidozincate(II). The coordination sphere around the central atoms of the cations as well as of the anion are tetrahedral with the C–P–C angles covering a range of 107.7(3)–111.5(3)° in the first cation and 107.5(3)–111.4(3)° in the second cation with the smallest as well as the largest angle invariably enclosed between two aromatic moieties. The Br–Zn–Br angles are found in between 106.84(5)° and 113.28(5)°. The P–C bond lengths hardly differ in between the two cations and are found in a small margin of 1.784(6)–1.811(6) Å with the shortest and the longest value observed within the same catton. The Zn–Br distances measured values in between 2.3884(10) Å and 2.4179(10) Å. In comparison to other tetraorganophosphonium salts on the one hand and tetrabromidozincate(II) salts on the other hand whose metrical parameters have been deposited with the Cambridge Structural Database [5], these values are invariably in good agreement with the most common lengths observed for the respective bonds. The least-squares planes as defined by the non-hydrogen atoms of the phenyl groups entlose angles of 52.77(26)°, 70.25(26)° and 77.45(21)° in the first cation and 66.66(28)°, 68.11(26)° and 77.68(22)° in the second cation. In the crystal, C–H⋯Br contacts can be observed whose range falls below the sum of van-der- Waals radii of the atoms participating in them [6]. These are exclusively supported by one of the aromatic hydrogen atoms in ortho-position to the phosphorus atom as well as one of the hydrogen atoms of the methylene group in each of the two cations as donors but only two of the bromido ligands as acceptors. In terms of graph-set analysis [7, 8], the descriptor for these contacts is DDDD on the unary level. In total, the entities of the title compound are connected to chains along [101]. The shortest intercentroid distance between two centers of gravity of adjacent phenyl groups was measured at 4.564(5) Å.


Corresponding author: Richard Betz, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand Campus, Department of Chemistry, University Way, Summerstrand, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa, e-mail:

Acknowledgments:

The authors thank Mr David Rogers for helpful discussions.

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Received: 2015-2-28
Accepted: 2015-6-22
Published Online: 2015-9-26
Published in Print: 2015-12-1

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