C 52 H 66 Co 2 N 8 O 25 S 4 ,triclinic, P 1 (no. 2), a =7.078(1) Å, b =10.365(2) Å, c =21.981(4) Å, a =88.469(3)°, b =80.756(2)°, g =75.775(2)°, V =1542.6 Å 3 , Z =1,
Source of materialThe title compound wasprepared through the hydrothermalconditions. Inatypicalexperiment, 1,3-benzenedisulfonyl chloride (1 mmol), 4,4¢ -bipyridine (0.5 mmol) in anaqueous solution (10 mL)ofKOH (3 mmol)wasmixed with anaqueous solution (8 mL)ofCo(OAc) 2 ·4H 2 O(1 mmol). After stirringfor 5min in air, the mixture wasplaced in a25 mLTeflon-lined autoclave and heated at120°Cfor 72 h. The autoclave wascooled over aperiod of 12 hatarate 5K/h. The titlecomplex asred prismatic crystals wascollected by filtration, washed with water, and dried in air. The pure product wasobtained by manualseparation.
DiscussionOrganosulfonate anions(R SO 3 -)have shownwide applications as surfactantsand dyes in industry and have been recently explored aspotentialliquid crystalline and nonlinearopticalmaterials. Recent research hasshown thatthe R SO3 -anions are good hydrogen-bond acceptors and canf orm strong hydrogen bonds and even hydrogen-bonded networks with Hdonors [1,2]. However, only two reports on metal-based 1,3-benzenedisulfonate containing supramolecularcompounds hasbeen reported [3,4]. The hydrothermalo xidation of 1,3-benzenedisulfonyl-glycine yielded 1,3-benzenedisulfonate.Some similarh ydrolysis and oxidation reactions under hydrothermalt echniques have been reported in the literature [5]. Toour knowledge, the title complex represents the first metal-based supramolecularc omplexes constructed by mixed m -bs 2-ions and 4,4¢ -bipy ligands. The titlecomplex belongs to cation-anion species, which made up of [Co(4,4¢ -bipy)2 (H 2 O) 4 ] 2+ cations, uncoordinated 1,3-benzenedisulfonate ( m -bs) dianions, and lattice water molecules. The two independent cobalt ions are both six-coordinated in adistorted Z.Kristallogr