Crystal structure of bis-[-(1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclo-tetra-deca-ne-κ)bis(thio-cyanato-κ)chrom-ium(III)] dichromate monohydrate from synchrotron X-ray diffraction data.

The structure of the complex salt, -[Cr(NCS)(cyclam)][CrO]·HO (cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-cyclo-tetra-decane, CHN), has been determined from synchrotron data. The asymmetric unit comprises of one [Cr(NCS)(cyclam)] cation, one half of a CrO anion (completed by inversion symmetry) and one half of a water mol-ecule (completed by twofold rotation symmetry). The Cr ion is coordinated by the four cyclam N atoms and by two N atoms of -arranged thio-cyanate anions, displaying a distorted octa-hedral coordination sphere. The Cr-N(cyclam) bond lengths are in the range 2.080 (2) to 2.097 (2) Å while the average Cr-N(NCS) bond length is 1.985 (4) Å. The macrocyclic cyclam moiety adopts the -V conformation. The bridging O atom of the dichromate anion is disordered around an inversion centre, leading to a bending of the Cr-O-Cr bridging angle [157.7 (3)°]; the anion has a staggered conformation. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter-molecular hydrogen bonds involving the cyclam N-H groups and water O-H groups as donor groups, and the O atoms of the CrO anion and water mol-ecules as acceptor groups, giving rise to a three-dimensional network.