Th. Lu et al., STRUCTURE OF RBONATO(C-RAC-5,5,7,12,12,-14-HEXAMETHYL-1,4,8,11- TETRAAZACYCLOTETRADECANE)COBALT(III) PERCHLORATE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 49, 1993, pp. 1912-1914
The complex ion has a twofold axis passing through the Co-III ion and
the carbonate ion. The Co-III ion is hexacoordinated in a distorted oc
tahedral geometry composed of the four N atoms of the macrocyclic tetr
aamine ligand and two O atoms of the carbonate ion. The macrocyclic li
gand has a fold structure in which each of the two six-membered rings
is in a chair form and each of the two five-membered rings is in a ske
w form. The perchlorate ion is too far from the Co-III ion to allow co
ordination.