Hydrothermal Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Electrochemical Properties of the Complex [Co(phen)_2(m-chlorobenzoic acid)_2·(H_2O)]·(H_2O)_2

The title complex has been synthesized with m-chlorobenzoic acid, 1,10-phenanthroline and cobalt perchlorate anhydrous in the solvent mixture of water and methanol. Crystal data for this complex: triclinic, space group P1, a=0.8707(3) nm, b=1.2844(4) nm, c=1.6929(5) nm; α=75.430(5)°, β=77.562(5)°, γ=86.346(5)°, V=1.789 4(9) nm3, Dc=1.456 g·cm-3, Z=2, F(000)=806. Final GooF=1.065, R1=0.0684, wR2=0.1275. The crystal stru-cture shows that the Cobaly ion is coordinated with four nitrogen atoms from two 1,10-phenanthroline molecules and two oxygen atoms from one m-chlorobenzoic acid molecule and one water molecule respectively, forming a distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The cyclic voltametric behavior of the complex is also reported.