SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF THE ADDUCT DICHLORODIAQUOBIS(ETHYLPROPIONATE)MAGNESIUM(II)

The crystal and molecular structure of MgCl2(H2O)(2)(ethylpropionate)( 2) has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. T he complex crystallizes in the triclinic system, space group P (1) ove r bar (No. 2); a = 5.912 (2), b = 5.931 (3), c = 12.792 (4) Angstrom, alpha = 77.15 degrees(3), beta = 86.21 degrees(3), gamma = 88.31 degre es(3); Z = 1. The metal lies at the center of a slightly distorted oct ahedron formed by two chlorine atoms and four oxygens, two from water molecules and two from the carbonyl groups of the ethylpropionate liga nds in a trans configuration.