Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1515  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808035642 ]

(4-Hydroxymethyl-1H-imidazole-N³)bis(tri-tert-butoxysilanethiolato-²O,S)cadmium(II)

A. Dolega, K. Baranowska and Z. Jarzabek

Abstract: The Cd^II atom in the title compound, [Cd(C₁₂H₂₇O₃SSi)₂(C₄H₆N₂O)], is pentacoordinated by two O and two S atoms from the O,S-chelating silanethiolate residue and one N from the 4-hydroxymethylimidazole ligand and shows a strongly distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. The title complex is isostructural with its zinc analog. The hydroxy group of the ligand is involved in intramolecular O-HS hydrogen bonding and also acts as an acceptor in the formation of an intermolecular N-HO hydrogen bond, which links molecules of the complex into zigzag chains parallel to the b axis. One of the tert-butyl groups is disordered over two orientations with occupancies of 0.557 (12):0.443 (12).

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