metal-organic compounds
Dichlorido[3-dimethylamino-N-(2-pyridylmethylene)propylamine-κ3N,N′,N′′]cadmium(II)
aJinhua Professional Technical College, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321007, People's Republic of China, and bZhejiang Key Laboratory for Reactive Chemistry on Solid Surfaces, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: jh_ll@126.com
In the title mononuclear Cd(II) complex, [CdCl2(C11H17N3)], the Cd(II) atom is coordinated by two Cl atoms and three N atoms from the tridentate Schiff base ligand in a distorted square-pyramidal environment. The three N atoms and one Cl atom constitute the base of the pyramid, whereas the other Cl atom occupies the apical position.
Related literature
For the properties of transition metal complexes with multidentate Schiff base ligands, see: Mukherjee et al. (2004); Saha et al. (2003). For Schiff base ligands derived from pyridine-2-carboxaldehyde and diamine acting as tridentate (NNN) ligands, see: Dalai et al. (2002); Mukherjee et al. (2001a,b). For the synthesis, see: Choudhury et al. (2001).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808035915/at2652sup1.cif
contains datablock I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808035915/at2652Isup2.hkl
The tridentate Schiff base, N-(pyridin-2-yl-methylene)-3-dimethylaminopropylamine (C11H17N3), were prepared by reflux of 0.5 mmol of 3-dimethylaminopropylamine and 0.5 mmol of pyridine-2-carboxaldehyde in 10 ml of ethanol for 30 min, according to the literature method (Choudhury, et al., 2001). To 20 ml ethanolic and chloroformic solution (1:1) of the Schiff base (0.5 mmol), CdCl2.2.5H2O (0.5 mmol) in 5 ml water was added, with refluxing for 30 min. This mixture was cooled to room temperature and left to stand undisturbed. After 5 days colourless crystals (I) suitable for X-ray analysis were obtained.
The methyl groups were allowed to rotate to fit the electron density [C—H = 0.96 Å and Uiso(H) = 1.5Ueq(C)]; the other H atoms were positioned geometrically [aromatic C—Haromatic 0.93 Å and aliphatic C—H = 0.97 Å, Uiso(H) = 1.2Ueq(C)].
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2004); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2004); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).Fig. 1. The molecular structure of (I), showing the atom-numbering scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the 30% probability level. |
[Cd(C11H17N3)Cl2] | Z = 2 |
Mr = 374.59 | F(000) = 372 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.732 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
a = 7.6407 (15) Å | Cell parameters from 3284 reflections |
b = 9.0312 (18) Å | θ = 1.8–27.5° |
c = 11.860 (2) Å | µ = 1.88 mm−1 |
α = 97.81 (3)° | T = 293 K |
β = 103.95 (3)° | Block, colourless |
γ = 111.11 (3)° | 0.27 × 0.20 × 0.16 mm |
V = 718.2 (3) Å3 |
Bruker APEX-II area-detector diffractometer | 3251 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 3149 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.020 |
ω scans | θmax = 27.5°, θmin = 1.8° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | h = −9→9 |
Tmin = 0.632, Tmax = 0.754 | k = −11→11 |
12281 measured reflections | l = −15→15 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.018 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.050 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.14 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0281P)2 + 0.1317P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
3251 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
154 parameters | Δρmax = 0.33 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.72 e Å−3 |
[Cd(C11H17N3)Cl2] | γ = 111.11 (3)° |
Mr = 374.59 | V = 718.2 (3) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 2 |
a = 7.6407 (15) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 9.0312 (18) Å | µ = 1.88 mm−1 |
c = 11.860 (2) Å | T = 293 K |
α = 97.81 (3)° | 0.27 × 0.20 × 0.16 mm |
β = 103.95 (3)° |
Bruker APEX-II area-detector diffractometer | 3251 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) | 3149 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.632, Tmax = 0.754 | Rint = 0.020 |
12281 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.018 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.050 | H-atom parameters constrained |
S = 1.14 | Δρmax = 0.33 e Å−3 |
3251 reflections | Δρmin = −0.72 e Å−3 |
154 parameters |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
Cd1 | 0.203590 (15) | 0.391482 (13) | 0.743794 (9) | 0.03482 (5) | |
Cl2 | −0.08758 (6) | 0.21422 (6) | 0.57078 (4) | 0.04931 (11) | |
Cl1 | 0.15476 (8) | 0.61916 (7) | 0.85160 (5) | 0.05592 (12) | |
N2 | 0.4378 (2) | 0.28768 (18) | 0.72437 (13) | 0.0403 (3) | |
N3 | 0.1569 (2) | 0.2335 (2) | 0.88963 (13) | 0.0475 (4) | |
N1 | 0.4442 (2) | 0.57453 (17) | 0.67777 (13) | 0.0367 (3) | |
C1 | 0.5909 (2) | 0.5312 (2) | 0.66530 (14) | 0.0374 (3) | |
C2 | 0.7401 (3) | 0.6249 (3) | 0.62553 (16) | 0.0472 (4) | |
H2A | 0.8408 | 0.5929 | 0.6189 | 0.057* | |
C3 | 0.7372 (3) | 0.7664 (2) | 0.59584 (17) | 0.0511 (5) | |
H3A | 0.8355 | 0.8310 | 0.5684 | 0.061* | |
C4 | 0.5876 (3) | 0.8108 (2) | 0.60728 (17) | 0.0508 (4) | |
H4A | 0.5829 | 0.9057 | 0.5873 | 0.061* | |
C5 | 0.4430 (3) | 0.7125 (2) | 0.64904 (17) | 0.0450 (4) | |
H5A | 0.3422 | 0.7435 | 0.6573 | 0.054* | |
C6 | 0.5781 (3) | 0.3739 (2) | 0.69156 (15) | 0.0422 (4) | |
H6A | 0.6750 | 0.3374 | 0.6838 | 0.051* | |
C7 | 0.4187 (3) | 0.1243 (2) | 0.7381 (2) | 0.0545 (5) | |
H7A | 0.5390 | 0.1123 | 0.7357 | 0.065* | |
H7B | 0.3109 | 0.0426 | 0.6712 | 0.065* | |
C8 | 0.3807 (4) | 0.0927 (3) | 0.8542 (2) | 0.0617 (6) | |
H8A | 0.3940 | −0.0078 | 0.8648 | 0.074* | |
H8B | 0.4817 | 0.1811 | 0.9202 | 0.074* | |
C9 | 0.1804 (4) | 0.0784 (3) | 0.8609 (2) | 0.0611 (5) | |
H9A | 0.0825 | 0.0125 | 0.7845 | 0.073* | |
H9B | 0.1505 | 0.0192 | 0.9211 | 0.073* | |
C10 | −0.0528 (3) | 0.1931 (3) | 0.8813 (2) | 0.0671 (6) | |
H10A | −0.0874 | 0.1289 | 0.9371 | 0.101* | |
H10B | −0.1360 | 0.1317 | 0.8014 | 0.101* | |
H10C | −0.0707 | 0.2924 | 0.9000 | 0.101* | |
C11 | 0.2795 (4) | 0.3281 (3) | 1.01250 (18) | 0.0676 (6) | |
H11A | 0.2552 | 0.2592 | 1.0669 | 0.101* | |
H11B | 0.2471 | 0.4192 | 1.0334 | 0.101* | |
H11C | 0.4165 | 0.3676 | 1.0174 | 0.101* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
Cd1 | 0.03228 (8) | 0.03880 (8) | 0.03500 (8) | 0.01555 (5) | 0.01208 (5) | 0.00852 (5) |
Cl2 | 0.0374 (2) | 0.0603 (3) | 0.0398 (2) | 0.01477 (19) | 0.00686 (17) | 0.00374 (19) |
Cl1 | 0.0643 (3) | 0.0572 (3) | 0.0562 (3) | 0.0338 (2) | 0.0266 (2) | 0.0059 (2) |
N2 | 0.0416 (7) | 0.0423 (7) | 0.0395 (7) | 0.0232 (6) | 0.0094 (6) | 0.0068 (6) |
N3 | 0.0484 (8) | 0.0496 (8) | 0.0342 (7) | 0.0104 (7) | 0.0097 (6) | 0.0114 (6) |
N1 | 0.0354 (7) | 0.0394 (7) | 0.0366 (7) | 0.0163 (6) | 0.0137 (5) | 0.0070 (6) |
C1 | 0.0317 (7) | 0.0468 (9) | 0.0297 (7) | 0.0156 (7) | 0.0076 (6) | 0.0024 (6) |
C2 | 0.0326 (8) | 0.0654 (12) | 0.0386 (9) | 0.0165 (8) | 0.0120 (7) | 0.0057 (8) |
C3 | 0.0444 (9) | 0.0539 (11) | 0.0396 (9) | 0.0032 (8) | 0.0164 (8) | 0.0050 (8) |
C4 | 0.0613 (11) | 0.0404 (9) | 0.0455 (10) | 0.0133 (8) | 0.0205 (9) | 0.0087 (7) |
C5 | 0.0500 (10) | 0.0421 (9) | 0.0476 (9) | 0.0212 (8) | 0.0205 (8) | 0.0101 (7) |
C6 | 0.0379 (8) | 0.0535 (10) | 0.0401 (8) | 0.0269 (8) | 0.0111 (7) | 0.0062 (7) |
C7 | 0.0593 (12) | 0.0429 (10) | 0.0631 (12) | 0.0289 (9) | 0.0131 (10) | 0.0075 (9) |
C8 | 0.0744 (14) | 0.0457 (10) | 0.0634 (13) | 0.0297 (10) | 0.0078 (11) | 0.0193 (9) |
C9 | 0.0699 (14) | 0.0435 (10) | 0.0601 (12) | 0.0121 (10) | 0.0175 (11) | 0.0188 (9) |
C10 | 0.0568 (12) | 0.0839 (16) | 0.0576 (12) | 0.0151 (11) | 0.0277 (10) | 0.0289 (12) |
C11 | 0.0787 (16) | 0.0705 (14) | 0.0348 (10) | 0.0200 (12) | 0.0046 (10) | 0.0076 (9) |
Cd1—N2 | 2.3418 (15) | C4—C5 | 1.390 (3) |
Cd1—N1 | 2.3627 (16) | C4—H4A | 0.9300 |
Cd1—N3 | 2.3992 (16) | C5—H5A | 0.9300 |
Cd1—Cl2 | 2.4624 (15) | C6—H6A | 0.9300 |
Cd1—Cl1 | 2.4637 (8) | C7—C8 | 1.517 (3) |
N2—C6 | 1.260 (2) | C7—H7A | 0.9700 |
N2—C7 | 1.465 (2) | C7—H7B | 0.9700 |
N3—C11 | 1.469 (3) | C8—C9 | 1.512 (3) |
N3—C9 | 1.480 (3) | C8—H8A | 0.9700 |
N3—C10 | 1.484 (3) | C8—H8B | 0.9700 |
N1—C5 | 1.338 (2) | C9—H9A | 0.9700 |
N1—C1 | 1.346 (2) | C9—H9B | 0.9700 |
C1—C2 | 1.382 (2) | C10—H10A | 0.9600 |
C1—C6 | 1.470 (3) | C10—H10B | 0.9600 |
C2—C3 | 1.378 (3) | C10—H10C | 0.9600 |
C2—H2A | 0.9300 | C11—H11A | 0.9600 |
C3—C4 | 1.370 (3) | C11—H11B | 0.9600 |
C3—H3A | 0.9300 | C11—H11C | 0.9600 |
N2—Cd1—N1 | 70.27 (5) | N1—C5—H5A | 119.0 |
N2—Cd1—N3 | 84.79 (6) | C4—C5—H5A | 119.0 |
N1—Cd1—N3 | 144.00 (6) | N2—C6—C1 | 120.98 (15) |
N2—Cd1—Cl2 | 102.80 (4) | N2—C6—H6A | 119.5 |
N1—Cd1—Cl2 | 109.74 (5) | C1—C6—H6A | 119.5 |
N3—Cd1—Cl2 | 100.64 (5) | N2—C7—C8 | 112.77 (17) |
N2—Cd1—Cl1 | 144.32 (5) | N2—C7—H7A | 109.0 |
N1—Cd1—Cl1 | 91.30 (4) | C8—C7—H7A | 109.0 |
N3—Cd1—Cl1 | 94.73 (5) | N2—C7—H7B | 109.0 |
Cl2—Cd1—Cl1 | 112.28 (3) | C8—C7—H7B | 109.0 |
C6—N2—C7 | 119.48 (16) | H7A—C7—H7B | 107.8 |
C6—N2—Cd1 | 117.01 (12) | C9—C8—C7 | 114.81 (19) |
C7—N2—Cd1 | 123.28 (12) | C9—C8—H8A | 108.6 |
C11—N3—C9 | 110.90 (18) | C7—C8—H8A | 108.6 |
C11—N3—C10 | 107.96 (18) | C9—C8—H8B | 108.6 |
C9—N3—C10 | 108.30 (18) | C7—C8—H8B | 108.6 |
C11—N3—Cd1 | 112.97 (13) | H8A—C8—H8B | 107.5 |
C9—N3—Cd1 | 113.53 (12) | N3—C9—C8 | 116.67 (17) |
C10—N3—Cd1 | 102.61 (13) | N3—C9—H9A | 108.1 |
C5—N1—C1 | 118.26 (15) | C8—C9—H9A | 108.1 |
C5—N1—Cd1 | 125.78 (12) | N3—C9—H9B | 108.1 |
C1—N1—Cd1 | 115.93 (11) | C8—C9—H9B | 108.1 |
N1—C1—C2 | 122.39 (17) | H9A—C9—H9B | 107.3 |
N1—C1—C6 | 115.78 (15) | N3—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
C2—C1—C6 | 121.77 (16) | N3—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C3—C2—C1 | 118.88 (18) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C3—C2—H2A | 120.6 | N3—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2A | 120.6 | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C4—C3—C2 | 119.15 (17) | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C4—C3—H3A | 120.4 | N3—C11—H11A | 109.5 |
C2—C3—H3A | 120.4 | N3—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C3—C4—C5 | 119.26 (19) | H11A—C11—H11B | 109.5 |
C3—C4—H4A | 120.4 | N3—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4A | 120.4 | H11A—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
N1—C5—C4 | 122.05 (18) | H11B—C11—H11C | 109.5 |
N1—Cd1—N2—C6 | 1.15 (12) | N3—Cd1—N1—C1 | 47.48 (16) |
N3—Cd1—N2—C6 | −152.45 (14) | Cl2—Cd1—N1—C1 | −98.36 (11) |
Cl2—Cd1—N2—C6 | 107.80 (13) | Cl1—Cd1—N1—C1 | 147.36 (11) |
Cl1—Cd1—N2—C6 | −61.59 (16) | C5—N1—C1—C2 | 0.8 (2) |
N1—Cd1—N2—C7 | −173.34 (15) | Cd1—N1—C1—C2 | 178.90 (13) |
N3—Cd1—N2—C7 | 33.06 (14) | C5—N1—C1—C6 | −176.60 (15) |
Cl2—Cd1—N2—C7 | −66.69 (14) | Cd1—N1—C1—C6 | 1.52 (18) |
Cl1—Cd1—N2—C7 | 123.92 (13) | N1—C1—C2—C3 | −1.0 (3) |
N2—Cd1—N3—C11 | 93.26 (16) | C6—C1—C2—C3 | 176.24 (16) |
N1—Cd1—N3—C11 | 47.9 (2) | C1—C2—C3—C4 | 0.4 (3) |
Cl2—Cd1—N3—C11 | −164.66 (15) | C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.3 (3) |
Cl1—Cd1—N3—C11 | −50.92 (16) | C1—N1—C5—C4 | 0.0 (3) |
N2—Cd1—N3—C9 | −34.13 (14) | Cd1—N1—C5—C4 | −177.95 (14) |
N1—Cd1—N3—C9 | −79.53 (16) | C3—C4—C5—N1 | −0.5 (3) |
Cl2—Cd1—N3—C9 | 67.95 (14) | C7—N2—C6—C1 | 173.88 (16) |
Cl1—Cd1—N3—C9 | −178.31 (13) | Cd1—N2—C6—C1 | −0.8 (2) |
N2—Cd1—N3—C10 | −150.77 (14) | N1—C1—C6—N2 | −0.5 (2) |
N1—Cd1—N3—C10 | 163.83 (13) | C2—C1—C6—N2 | −177.89 (17) |
Cl2—Cd1—N3—C10 | −48.69 (14) | C6—N2—C7—C8 | 133.5 (2) |
Cl1—Cd1—N3—C10 | 65.05 (14) | Cd1—N2—C7—C8 | −52.1 (2) |
N2—Cd1—N1—C5 | 176.55 (16) | N2—C7—C8—C9 | 68.8 (2) |
N3—Cd1—N1—C5 | −134.56 (15) | C11—N3—C9—C8 | −66.7 (2) |
Cl2—Cd1—N1—C5 | 79.59 (15) | C10—N3—C9—C8 | 175.00 (18) |
Cl1—Cd1—N1—C5 | −34.69 (14) | Cd1—N3—C9—C8 | 61.7 (2) |
N2—Cd1—N1—C1 | −1.40 (11) | C7—C8—C9—N3 | −79.3 (2) |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | [Cd(C11H17N3)Cl2] |
Mr | 374.59 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.6407 (15), 9.0312 (18), 11.860 (2) |
α, β, γ (°) | 97.81 (3), 103.95 (3), 111.11 (3) |
V (Å3) | 718.2 (3) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 1.88 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.27 × 0.20 × 0.16 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEX-II area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Sheldrick, 1996) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.632, 0.754 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 12281, 3251, 3149 |
Rint | 0.020 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.649 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.018, 0.050, 1.14 |
No. of reflections | 3251 |
No. of parameters | 154 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.33, −0.72 |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2004), SAINT (Bruker, 2004), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
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Transition metal complexes with multidentate Schiff base ligands have been extensively studied recently for their various crystallographic features, enzymatic reactions, catalysis, electrochemical and magnetic properties (Mukherjee et al., 2004; Saha et al., 2003). Literatures (Dalai et al., 2002; Mukherjee et al., 2001a,b) revealed that Schiff base ligands derived from pyridine-2-carboxaldehyde and diamine usually act tridentate (NNN) ones. The molecule of the title complex (I) (Fig.1) comprises one cadmium(II) ion, one neutral N-(pyridin-2-yl-methylene)-3-dimethylaminopropylamine ligand and two Cl- ions. The Cd(II) atom is coordinated by two chlorine atoms and three nitrogen atoms from the tridentate ligand in a distorted square pyramidal environment. Four coordinated atoms of N(1), N(2), N(3) and Cl(1) constitute the base of the pyramid, whereas Cl(2) atom occupies the apical position.