Direct Electrochemical Synthesis of Pyrimidine-2-thionato Complexes of Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II): The Crystal Structure of (1,10-Phenanthroline)bis(pyrimidine-2-thionato)cadmium(II)

Abstract

Zn(pymt)2 and Cd(pymt)2 complexes have been obtained by electrochemical oxidation of anodic zinc or cadmium in acetonitrile solutions of pyrimidine-2-thione (Hpymt). When 2,2′-bipyridine (bipy) or 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) was added to the electrochemical cell, the adducts [M(pymt)2(bipy)], or [M(pymt)2(phen)] (M = Zn or Cd) were obtained. Crystals of [Cd(pymt)2phen] are orthorhombic, with a = 9.882(2), b = 12.491(1), c = 16.513(2)Å, space group P212121 and Z = 4. The cadmium atom has distorted octahedral geometry, and one nitrogen atom of each pyrimidine-2-thiolato ligand is not coordinated.