Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m1951  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807029145 ]

Diiodidobis(1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')cadmium(II)

M.-L. Cao, X. Fang, H.-Y. Yu and J.-D. Wang

Abstract: The title compound, [CdI₂(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂], consists of two 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) ligands, two I atoms and one Cd atom. The coordination geometry around the Cd atom, which lies on a twofold rotation axis, is slightly distorted octahedral. In the crystal structure, the dihedral angle between the two phen ligands is 89.03 (5)°. The crystal packing is stabilized by intermolecular - interactions of phen rings, with a parallel distance of 3.362 Å, a centroid-centroid distance of 3.903 Å and a slip distance of 1.983 Å, and C-HI hydrogen bonding [IH = 3.091 and 2.990 Å].

Online 20 June 2007

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