Synthesis, structure and bonding of cadmium(II) thiocyanate systems featuring nitrogen based ligands of different denticity

Suparna Banerjee, Biao Wu, Paul G. Lassahn, Christoph Janiak, Ashutosh Ghosh

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Abstract

Complexes catena-[di(4-amino-pyridine)di(μ-S,N-thiocyanato)cadmium(II)], 1 [Cd(μ-SCN)2(L1) 2] (1), catena-[{(1-pyridine-2-yl-ethylene)-hydrazine}di(μ-S,N- thiocyanato)cadmium(II)], 1[Cd(μ-SCN) 2(L2)] (2), and di-μ-S,N-thiocyanatobis{(N,N-diethyl- N′-(1-pyridine-2-yl-ethylidene)-ethane-1,2-diamine)(N-thiocyanato) cadmium(II)}, [Cd(NCS)(μ-SCN)(L3)]2 (3) have been synthesized by reacting cadmium acetate/NH4SCN with 4-amino-pyridine (L1), C5H4N-C(CH3)=NNH2 (L2), and C5H4N-C(CH3)=N-CH 2-CH2-N(C2H5)2 (L 3), respectively, in methanol. Characterization by single-crystal X-ray crystallography shows that in compounds 1 and 2 the cadmium atoms have a 4N2S-hexa-coordination sphere, exhibiting pseudo-octahedral geometry. The cadmium atoms are bridged by two thiocyanate ions generating 1-D polymeric chains. Compound 3 is a centrosymmetric dimeric complex, with the cadmium atom pseudo octahedrally surrounded by a 5N1S coordination sphere. In compound 1 the crystal packing is controlled mainly by interchain N-H⋯N and C-H⋯π interactions between the aminopyridine moieties, whereas in complexes 2 and 3 π-stacking interactions between the pyridyl planes stabilize the interchain or intermolecular packing, respectively. Thiocyanate and pyridylimine chelation to metal center is also scrutinized with EHMO analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)535-544
Number of pages10
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume358
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bonding
  • Cadmium(II)
  • Coordination polymers
  • Schiff bases
  • Thiocyanate

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