, with a = 11.160(2) Angstrom, b = 14.204(3) Angstrom, c = 14.339(3) Angstrom, alpha = 102.91(1)degrees, beta = 11.88(1)degrees, gamma = 102.78(1)degrees, D-c = 1.223 g/mL, Z = 2, and R(F) = 5.93%). Crystallography has also established that 2 is a dimer with two bridging isonitrile groups (space group
, with a = 12.239(4) Angstrom, b = 13.985(4) Angstrom, c = 21.609(6) Angstrom, alpha = 98.87(2)degrees, beta = 99.19(2)degrees, gamma = 112.72(2)degrees, D-c = 1.185 g/mL, Z = 2, and R(F) = 6.10%), and examination of molecular parameters for 1(-) and 2 suggest that increased back-donation of electron density from the metal results in significant lengthening of the C=N triple bond in 1(-) but has no consistent effect on the CNC bend angles of the ligands. Decreases in the CNC angles correlate instead with close approaches between the carbon atoms of the ligands and the [K(DME)](+) counterions, which are also responsible for the major distortions of the metal geometry away from that of an ideal tetrahedron.
, with a = 11.160(2) Angstrom, b = 14.204(3) Angstrom, c = 14.339(3) Angstrom, alpha = 102.91(1)degrees, beta = 11.88(1)degrees, gamma = 102.78(1)degrees, D-c = 1.223 g/mL, Z = 2, and R(F) = 5.93%). Crystallography has also established that 2 is a dimer with two bridging isonitrile groups (space group
, with a = 12.239(4) Angstrom, b = 13.985(4) Angstrom, c = 21.609(6) Angstrom, alpha = 98.87(2)degrees, beta = 99.19(2)degrees, gamma = 112.72(2)degrees, D-c = 1.185 g/mL, Z = 2, and R(F) = 6.10%), and examination of molecular parameters for 1(-) and 2 suggest that increased back-donation of electron density from the metal results in significant lengthening of the C=N triple bond in 1(-) but has no consistent effect on the CNC bend angles of the ligands. Decreases in the CNC angles correlate instead with close approaches between the carbon atoms of the ligands and the [K(DME)](+) counterions, which are also responsible for the major distortions of the metal geometry away from that of an ideal tetrahedron.