Bis{6-methoxy-2-[(4-methylphenyl)iminiomethyl]phenolato-κ2O,O′}bis(nitrato-κ2O,O′)cadmium(II)

• Main Authors: Hua-Qiong Li, Hui-Duo Xian, Jian-Feng Liu, Guo-Liang Zhao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2008-11-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808033539

The Schiff base 6-methoxy-2-[(4-methylphenyl)iminomethyl]phenol (HL) forms a neutral complex with cadmium(II) nitrate, [Cd(NO3)2(C15H15NO2)2], in which the four O atoms of the two independent ligands are coordinated to the metal center and the protonated imine N atoms are involved in a hydrogen bond with the phenoxide group. Intramolecular N—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions stabilize the structure. Each organic ligand assumes a zwitterionic form, chelating to the metal atom through the two O atoms, while the two nitrate groups also exhibit chelating behavior, leading to a distorted octahedral coordination of the Cd atom.