Reactions were carried out between pyrazinoic acid (pyzaH) and cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate or cobalt(II) sulfate heptahydrate in ethanol or acetonitrile at temperatures ranging from 40 °C to 70 °C. The syntheses were conducted in beakers or under an inert atmosphere in Schlenk flasks. Crystals of a new cobalt(II) complex with pyrazinoic acid, [CoCl2(pyzaH)2]n.2nH2O, were isolated, as well as crystals of a known compound containing the pyza anions, [Co(H2O)2pyza2]. The cobalt(II) ions were bound to pyrazinoic acid molecules in the presence of hydrochloric acid in the reaction mixture, while the pyza anions were formed in the presence of water. The composition and structure of the products were determined utilizing infrared spectroscopy, elemental CHN analysis, X-ray structural analysis, and thermal analysis.
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