The title cobalt(II) complex, [CoCl(2)(C(3)H(6)N(4)O)(4)], was obtained from metallic cobalt by direct synthesis. There are two Co atoms in the asymmetric unit, each lying on an inversion centre and adopting a distorted octa-hedral coordination. Classical and non-classical hydrogen bonds are responsible for formation of a three-dimensional polymeric network in the crystal.

A mononuclear cobalt(II) complex as a homogeneous molecular catalyst for photochemically, electrochemically and chemically induced oxygen evolution reactions is presented. Experimental evidence points towards the presence of a chloride ligand at the cobalt centre throughout the catalytic cycle, and the temporary detachment of a pyridine ligand to open a coordination site for substrate binding.

Two new bidentate imidazolylphosphine P–N chelate ligands 2-(diisopropylphosphino-ethyl)1-methylimidazole (PN I ) and 2-(diphenylphosphino-ethyl)-1-methylimidazole (PN II ) have been synthesized in good yields by treating R2PCl (R = Pr i or Ph) with 1-methyl-2trimethylsilylethylimidazole. Various types of nickel(II), cobalt-(II) and -(III) complexes have been prepared with these two ligands and...

The occurrence and the fate of trihalomethanes (THMs) in the water supply system of Hanoi City, Vietnam was investigated from 1998 to 2001. The chlorination efficiency, THM speciation, and, THM formation potential (THMFP) was determined in the water works and in tap water. With regard to THM formation, three types of groundwater resources were identified: (I) high bromide, (II) low bromide, and...

The asymmetric unit of the title three-dimensional coordination polymer, [Mn2Br6(C11H28N2O2)] n , consists of one Mn(II) cation, half of a dicationic N,N'-bis-(2-hy-droxy-eth-yl)-N,N,N',N'-tetra-methyl-propane-1,3-diaminium ligand (L) (the other half being generated by a twofold rotation axis), and three bromide ions. The Mn(II) cation is coordinated by a single L ligand via the hy-droxy O atom...

Reaction of pyridinobromocobalt(llI) aetioporphyrin I with a variety of alkyland aryl-magnesium bromides gives the corresponding alkyland aryl-cobalt(lIl) derivatives. In an alternative synthesis, the cobalt(l) derivative of aetioporphyrin J reacts with alkyl or acyl halides to give the alkylor acyl-cobalt(llI) compounds. The latter approach has also been used for the preparation of hydroxyalky...