Crystal structure of fac-Tris(pentane-2,3,4-trione 3-oximato)cobalt(III)

Abstract

The crystal structure of the title compound has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 295 K and refined by least squares to a residual of 0.058 for 2363 'observed' reflections. Crystals are triclinic, Pī, Z 4, a 15.517(8), b 11.772(7), c 11.282(7) Ǻ, α 112.10(4), β 94.80(3), γ 90.60(4)°. <Co-N, O>| distances are 1.88₃, 1.92₅ Ǻ respectively, the disposition of the three bidentate ligands within each of the two independent molecules being fac.