Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m2206-m2207  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807035210 ]

Di--chlorido-bis(chlorido{2-[(2-hydroxyphenyl)iminiomethyl]-6-methoxyphenolato-²O,O'}cadium(II)) methanol disolvate

J.-F. Dong, L.-Z. Li, W.-J. Yu, T. Xu and D.-Q. Wang

Abstract: The title centrosymmetric complex, [Cd₂Cl₄(C₁₄H₁₃NO₃)₂]·2CH₃OH, contains two protonated Schiff base ligands which were derived from the condensation of o-vanillin and 2-hydroxyaniline. The Cd^II ion is five-coordinated by three Cl atoms and two O atoms in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry. A basal edge containing two bridging chloride ligands is shared by both symmetry-related Cd^II ions. The four atoms of the Cd₂Cl₂ core are coplanar, giving a rhomboidal geometry with two short and two long Cd-Cl distances and acute Cl-Cd-Cl and obtuse Cd-Cl-Cd angles. The crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular hydrogen bonds and weak - stacking interactions with a centroid-to-centroid distance of 3.710 (4) Å.

Online 25 July 2007

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