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Area of Science:

  • Coordination Chemistry
  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Polydentate ligands are crucial in designing coordination compounds with specific structures and properties.
  • Understanding the electronic and structural characteristics of metal-organic complexes is key to developing new materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize two new cadmium coordination compounds using novel polydentate ligands.
  • To investigate the electronic structure and bonding nature of the chelate rings, classifying them as quasi-aromatic Möbius motifs.
  • To explore the influence of ligand structure on coordination modes and intermolecular interactions.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of cadmium coordination compounds using Cd(NO3)2·4H2O and benzilbis(pyridin-2-yl)methylidenehydrazone (LI) or benzilbis(acetylpyridin-2-yl)methylidenehydrazone (LII) ligands with NH4NCS.
  • Structural and spectroscopic characterizations.
  • Application of computational methods including EDDB, HOMA index, and ETS-NOCV for electronic structure analysis.
  • Investigation of optical properties using diffused reflectance spectroscopy and DFT/TD-DFT calculations.

Main Results:

  • Two new cadmium coordination compounds, [Cd(SCN)(NCS)(LI)(MeOH)] (1) and [Cd(NCS)2(LII)(MeOH)] (2), were successfully synthesized and characterized.
  • The chelate rings containing CdII were identified as quasi-aromatic Möbius motifs using multiple computational methods.
  • Ligand structure dictated the coordination of NCS- and SCN- ligands, with LII leading to exclusive NCS- coordination.
  • The compounds are stabilized by hydrogen bonding, π-π stacking, and C-H···H-C interactions.
  • Strong covalent bonding between monomers and significant stabilization by van der Waals dispersion forces were observed.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully designed and characterized novel cadmium coordination compounds with unique quasi-aromatic Möbius motifs.
  • Ligand design offers control over coordination geometry and intermolecular interactions.
  • The findings contribute to the understanding of aromaticity in coordination complexes and provide insights into their stabilization mechanisms and optical properties.