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Synthesis of a Water-soluble Metal–Organic Complex Array
Published on: October 8, 2016
catena-Poly[[[bis-(thio-urea-κS)cadmium]-di-μ-thio-cyanato-κ(2)N:S;κ(2)S:N] dihydrate]
Anna Mietlarek-Kropidłowska1, Jaroslaw Chojnacki
1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 G. Narutowicza Str., 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.
Abstract:
The title compound, {[Cd(NCS)(2)(CH(4)N(2)S)(2)]·2H(2)O}(n), forms a one-dimensional chain parallel to the a axis, caused by the presence of the bridging thio-cyanate groups. Two solvent mol-ecules per complex are present in the lattice. The Cd(II) ion is situated on an inversion centre and is coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral fashion by two N and two S atoms from four thio-cyanate ligands and by two S atoms from two thio-urea mol-ecules. Weak O-H⋯S, N-H⋯O and N-H⋯N inter-actions reinforce the structure.
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