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2-Mercaptopyridine N-oxide (Hmpo) chelated complexes [Co(mpo)(2){P(OMe)(3)}
(2)]PF6 (1), [Co(mpo)(3)]. (Bu4NPF6)-Bu-n (2), [Ni(mpo)(dppe)]Cl .0.5H(2)O
. MeOH (3) and [Ni(mpo)(2)]. (Bu4NPF6)-Bu-n (4) were synthesized and their
crystal structures characterized. The octahedral Co in 1 and 2 and the squa
re planar Ni in 3 and 4 are chelated by mpo(-), while phosphite or diphosph
ine coordinated in cis-orientation in I and 3, respectively. The co-crystal
lized salt (Bu4NPF6)-Bu-n in 2 and 4 extrude any solvent molecules that mig
ht form hydrogen bonds within the crystal lattices.