Synthesis and structural characterization of two triclinic modifications of diethylammonium trans-tetrachlorobis(dimethylsulfoxide-S)rhodate(III): an example of hydrogen-bond acceptor structural isomerism
Two crystalline modifications (I and II) of diethylammonium trans-tetrachlorobis(dimethylsulfoxide-S)rhodate(III) have been isolated from the same reaction mixture. The compound is formed by hydrolysis, in the presence of hydrochloric acid, of an η1-ylidic enamine complex of rhodium(III), which is made via dehydrogenation of triethylamine in the presence of mer-trichlorotris(dimethylsulfoxide)rhodium(III). Crystals of form I are triclinic, a = 8.1787(7), b = 10.761(1), c = 10.927(1) Å, α. = 86.681(6), β = 84.879(7), γ = 71.814(8)°, Z = 2, space group [Formula: see text], and those of form II are triclinic, a = 7.931(2), b = 9.489(2), c = 13.302(2) Å, α = 102.03(1), β = 97.40(1), γ = 107.49(1)°, Z = 2, space group [Formula: see text].Both structures were solved by Patterson and Fourier methods and were refined by full-matrix least-squares procedures to R = 0.024 and 0.060 for 4959 and 4320 reflections with I ≥ 3σ(I), respectively. Both crystal structures consist of centrosymmetric [RhCl4(Me2SO)2]− anions and (NEt2H2)+ cations, linked by hydrogen bonds to form infinite chains. In form I the hydrogen bonds are all of the type [Formula: see text], while in form II they are all of the type [Formula: see text].