cis-Bromido(n-butylamine-κN)bis(ethene-1,2-diamine-κ2 N,N′)cobalt(III) dibromide

Abstract

In the title compound, [CoBr(C2H8N2)2(C4H11N)]Br2, the cobalt(III) ion has a distorted octahedral coordination environment and is surrounded by four N atoms in the equatorial plane made up of three N atoms from the two ethylenediamine ligands and the remaining N from the n-butyl substituent, with the other N atom from the ethylenediamine ligand and the Br atom occupying the axial positions. In the crystal, the complex cation and the two counter-anions are linked via N—H...Br and C—H...Br hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network. The crystal studied was refined as a two-component inversion twin.