Transition metal cryptates: the crystal and molecular structure of a cobalt(II) cryptate, [Co(C16H32N2O5)][Co(SCN)4]
Abstract
A heptaco-ordinate cobalt(II) atom completely enclosed in the macrobicyclic polyether ligand, C16H32N2O5 is present in the [2] cryptate [Co(C16H32N2O5)][Co(SCN)4].