Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m2058  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807031054 ]

Dichloridobis[N-(2-pyridylmethyl)benzamide-²N,O]cadmium(II)

S.-F. Zhang, X.-G. Yang, Z. Liu, F.-L. Xu and B.-R. Hou

Abstract: In the title compound, [CdCl₂(C₁₃H₁₂N₂O)₂], the Cd^II ion is situated on an inversion centre, coordinated by two O atoms [Cd-O = 2.3878 (17) Å] and two N atoms [Cd-N = 2.3404 (15) Å] from two N-(2-pyridylmethyl)benzamide ligands, and two Cl atoms [Cd-Cl = 2.5566 (6) Å], in a distorted octahedral geometry. In the crystal structure, intermolecular N-HCl hydrogen bonds [NCl = 3.1705 (18) Å] and - interactions, with a distance of 3.868 (3) Å between the centroids of the phenyl and pyridyl rings of neighbouring molecules, lead to the formation of two-dimensional layers parallel to the bc plane.

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