Structure of the five-coordinate CoII complex (1H-imidazole){tris[(1-benzyltriazol-4-yl-κN 3)methyl]amine-κN}cobalt(II) bis(tetrafluoroborate)

Abstract

The title compound, [Co(C3H4N2)(C30H30N10)](BF4)2, is a five-coordinate CoII complex based on the neutral ligands tris[(1-benzyltriazol-4-yl)methyl]amine (tbta) and imidazole. It exhibits a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry in which the equatorial positions are occupied by the three N-atom donors from the triazole rings of the tripodal tbta ligand. The apical amine N-atom donor of tbta and the N-atom donor of the imidazole ligand occupy the axial positions of the coordination sphere. Two tetrafluoroborate anions provide charge balance in the crystal.