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Highlights: [•] Two new complexes from 6-methylnicotinic acid (6-MNA) have been presented. [•] Influences of metals on 6-MNA through Hirsheld surfaces have been investigated. [•] Intermolecular interactions of complexes have been quantificationally visualized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: A novel N-donor bridging receptor R : 4,4′-methanediylbis(2-ethyl-5-methyl-1H-imidazole) has been synthesized from 2-ethyl-4-methyl-1H-imidazole and formaldehyde in the presence of potassium hydroxide. This receptor then formed complexes with different transition metals ([Co(NO3)2, CoCl2, Ni(NO3)2 and CuCl2]) in different solvent systems and obtained five different complexes. Wherein, the complex formation of R with Co(NO3)2 resulted in two different structures in methanol and acetonitrile, respectively. A thorough structural investigation of the present receptor and the resulted five complexes show that the NH group of the receptor, the organic anions and solvent molecules play a key role in the construction of the five intriguing architectures. We also prepared molecular Hirshfeld surface and fingerprint plot for R as well as the five complexes, which revealed the influences of different metals to the coordinate behavior of R in terms of intermolecular interactions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Four new complexes based on the 4-(4-carboxyphenyl)-1,2,4-triazole (Hcpt) ligand, {[Co(cpt) 2 (H 2 O) 4 ]·H 2 O}( 1 ), {[Cr(cpt) 2 (H 2 O) 4 ]·10H 2 O}( 2 ), {[Fe(cpt) 2 (H 2 O) 4 ]·10H 2 O}( 3 ), {[Zn(cpt) 2 (H 2 O) 2 ]}( 4 ) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, single crystal X-ray diffraction and TGA. For complexes 1 , 2 , and 3 , they almost have the same coordination mode that only one nitrogen atom of triazole are involved in the coordination, while in the complex 4 , only the group COO − participates in the coordination. In the crystal structure of 1 , each structural unit[Co(cpt) 2 (H 2 O) 4 ] is linked to another by hydrogen bonding formed by the lattice water molecules, thus forming a one-dimensional chain structure; In the crystal structure of 2 or 3, each structural unit[Cr(cpt) 2 (H 2 O) 4 ] or [Fe(cpt) 2 (H 2 O) 4 ] forms a two-dimensional layered structure by intermolecular hydrogen bonds from the coordinated water molecule and the group COO − . The results of thermogravimetric analysis show that the loss of lattice water and coordinated water molecules in 1 , 2 and 3 is below 120 °C, while the loss of coordinated water molecules in 4 is in the temperature range of 190–260 °C. Hirshfeld surface shows that the N H⋯O hydrogen bonding interaction plays a significant role towards the conformation of the basic structure of these complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two new mononuclear iron (II) coordination complexes: Fe(L1)2(SCN)2(1, L1:5-dimethylether-4-(4-methylphenyl)-3-(2-pyridinyl)-1,2,4-triazole) and Fe(L2)3(ClO4)2(2, L2:1-ethyl acetate-2-(2-pyridinyl)-imidazole), for the exploration of spin-crossover compounds have been synthesized and characterized. Structural analysis revealed that the framework of complex1is featured with 1-D chain structure connected by weak π···π interactions between the adjacent L1ligands, while complex2featured with various kinds of weak intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions between Fe(L2)32+cation and ClO4−anion, which lead to a close crystal packing. The intermolecular interactions have shown a significant influence on the physical properties, and magnetic measurements of complexes1and2in the solid state at the room temperature revealed that the weak intermolecular interactions in1resulted in HS (high-spin) state, while the strong interactions in2lead to LS (low-spin) state over the whole temperature range. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A series of Fe(II) complexes with (ClO4)−(SeCN)−, (ClO4)−(SCN)−, (Fe2OCl6)2−, and 2(BF4)−counter-anions for complexes1–4, derived from dmbpy (4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine), were prepared. The single-crystal studies and the Hirshfeld surfaces analysis revealed that the (Fe2OCl6)2−anion results more distortional octahedral geometry of the cation than other anions. In particular, the (ClO4)−(SCN)−and (Fe2OCl6)2−anions lead to complexes2and3stabilized via C-H···π interactions and π···π interactions, which were not found in the other two complexes. However, the double-chain structure of complex4was formed by C-H···F and C-H···C hydrogen bonds interactions. Due to the influence of different anions, magnetic susceptibility measurements showed that complex1was in high-spin (HS) state and complex2was in low-spin (LS) state. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]