Investigation of nitro-nitrito photoisomerization: crystal structures of trans-{2,2'-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato}(pyridine/4-methyl-pyridine)-nitro-cobalt(III).

ABSTRACT: The reaction cavities of the nitro groups in the title compounds, trans-{2,2'-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato-κ⁴ O,N,N',O'}(nitro-κN)(pyridine-κN)cobalt(III), [Co(C₁₆H₁₄N₂O₂)(NO₂)(C₅H₅N)], (I), and trans-{2,2'-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato-κ⁴ O,N,N',O'}(4-methyl-pyridine-κN)(nitro-κN)cobalt(III), [Co(C₁₆H₁₄N₂O₂)(NO₂)(C₆H₇N)], (II), have been investigated to reveal that the inter-molecular C_Me-H⋯O(nitro) contacts in (II) are unfeasible for the nitro-nitrito photoche

SUBMITTER: Ohba S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281106 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature