X-ray diffraction and vibrational spectroscopic study of trans-bis(acetylacetonato)-bis(4-methylpyridine)cobalt(III).

Trans-bis(acetylacetonato)-bis(4-methylpyridine)cobalt(III)hexafluorophosphate, [AMPC]PF6, was synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction and vibrational spectroscopy. The title compound C22H28N2O4Co crystallizes with Z=2 in space group P-1 (#2). The molecular structure and vibrational spectra of this compound were investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and the results were compared with the experimental data. The measured IR bands were interpreted in terms of the calculated vibrational normal modes and compared with the tris(acetylacetonate)Co(III) (Co(acac)3) and 4-methylpyridine (4-Mepy) vibrational spectra. The scaled theoretical wavenumbers and the structural parameters were in excellent agreement with the experimental data.

Vibrational assignment and structure of trinuclear oxo-centered of basic formate iron(III) and chromium(III) complexes: a density functional theory study.

[Fe3O(OOCH)6(H2O)3]OOCH·HCOOH, and [Cr3O(OOCH)6(H2O)3]OOCH·2.5HNO3 were synthesized and the molecular structure and vibrational assignments of their cations were investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The harmonic vibrational frequencies of [Fe3O(OOCH)6(H2O)3]+ and [Cr3O(OOCH)6(H2O)3]+ were obtained at the UB3LYP level using a series of basis sets. The topological properties of the charge distribution of both cations in their ground states are discussed in detail by means of natural bond orbital (NBO) theory and of [Fe3O(OOCH)6(H2O)3]+ by the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (AIM). The calculated geometrical parameters and vibrational frequencies were compared with the experimental results. The scaled theoretical frequencies and the structural parameters were found to be in good agreement with the experimental data.