Source of materialAll the reagentsu sed were of commercially grade and without further purification. 2-Hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde (0.2 mmol, 35.1 mg), N-cyclohexyl-1,3-diaminopropane (0.2 mmol, 31.3 mg), and Co(NO 3 ) 2 ·6H 2 O(0.1 mmol, 29.1 mg) were dissolved in a methanol solution (10 ml). The mixturewas stirred at room temperaturefor 10 min to give aclear red solution.After keeping the solution in air for 5days, red block-like crystals were collected by filtration. Elemental analysis -found: C, 69.2 %; H, 7.6 %; N, 7.8 %; calc. for C42H58CoN4O4:C,69.4 %; H, 7.7 %; N, 7.9 %.
Experimental detailsAtom H2A was located in aFourier differencemap and refined with the N-H distancerestrained to 0.90(1) Å and with U iso (H) value fixed at 0.08 Å 2 .The other Hatoms were placed in idealized positions and constrained to ride on their parent atoms with C-H distancesof0.93-0.97 Å,with U iso (H) set to 1.2U eq (C). The unit cell contains solvent-accessible voids of 183 Å 3 ,which accommodate two disordered methanolmolecules which are confirmed by the chemicalanalysis, but could not be determined from the diffuse difference Fourier map.
DiscussionCobalt(II) complexes with Schiff base ligands have received much attention in recent years [1][2][3][4]. Some of the complexes have been foundtohave pharmacologicaland antitumor properties [5][6][7]. Recently,wehave reported atrinuclear Schiff basecobalt(II) complex [8]. In order to further develop the coordination chemistry of such complexes, we report herein the titlenew cobalt(II) complex. The title complex is ac entrosymmetric mononuclear cobalt(II) complex. The central Co atom is six-coordinated by two phenolate O, two imine Nand two amine Natoms from two Schiff base ligands, forming an octahedral environment. The chelate ring formed by the atoms Co1, N1, C12-C14,and N2 has aboat conformation. The diagonally positioned atoms, Co1 and C13, are shifted from the least-squaresplane through the atoms N1, N2, C12, and C14 by 0.613(2) Å and 0.467(3) Å,respectively. As expected, the cyclohexyl ring adopts ac hair conformation. The bond lengths and angles are comparable with those observed for the similar complexes [9][10][11].