Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Bis(1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione)rhodium(I) Hexafluorophosphate, [Rh(phen-dione)2]PF6

Abstract

The title compound, [Rh(phen-dione)2]PF6, where phen-dione is 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c (no. 14), with a = 9.5859(4)A, b = 17.6272(8)A, c = 13.5252(6)A, β = 91.025(1)°, V = 2285.02(17)A3, Z = 4, T = 100 K, R(F) = 0.0329, wR(F2) = 0.0894. The coordination polyhedron about the Rh(I) atom is a distorted [RhN4] bisphenoid with two independent phen-dione as ligands.