SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE COBALT(II) COMPLEX WITH 1-{1-[2-(o- TOLYLOXY)ETHYL]-1H-BENZIMIDAZOLE-2-YL}ETHAN-1-OL

A Co(II) complex with 1-{1-[2-( o -tolyloxy)ethyl]-1 H -benzimidazol-2-yl}ethan-1-ol is prepared. It is established by elemental analysis and IR spectroscopy that the composition of the complex is [Co(L) 3 ] 2+ ·2(NO 3 ) – ·2H 2 O·2CH 3 OH. Its crystal structure is determined by single-crystal XRD. According to the XRD data, the complex crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P 2 1 / c . In the mononuclear molecule of the complex, three chelate ligands are coordinated to the Co(II) cation by the O atoms of the hydroxyl group and the N atoms of the imidazole ring. The coordination environment of the cobalt atom CoN 3 O 3 corresponds to a distorted octahedron.