N,N'-Bis(3-chloro-2-fluoro-benzyl-idene)ethane-1,2-diamine

New rhenium-tricarbonyl complexes bearing halogen-substituted bidentate ligands: structural, computational and Hirshfeld surfaces studies

The intermolecular interactions in a series of new complexes Re(CO)₃(N,N)X (N,N is a halogen substituted bidentate N–N donor and X is Cl or Br) have been studied crystallographically and computationally. Metal-bound halogens are more effective than carbon-bound halogens in forming significant intermolecular interactions.

N,N'-Bis(3,5-dichloro-benzyl-idene)-ethane-1,2-diamine

The mol-ecule of the title Schiff base compound, C(16)H(12)Cl(4)N(2), lies across an inversion centre and adopts an E configuration with respect to the azomethine C=N bond. The imine groups are coplanar with the aromatic rings. Within the mol-ecule, the planar units are parallel but extend in opposite directions from the dimethyl-ene bridge. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are linked together by inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds along the a axis.