Synthesis, X-Ray Structure, and Characterization ofCatena-bis(benzoate)bis{N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycinate}cadmium(II)

Abstract

The reaction of -bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycine (bicine; ) with in MeOH yielded the polymeric compound . The complex crystallizes in the tetragonal space group . The lattice constants are and  Å. The compound contains chains of repeating units. One atom is coordinated by two carboxylate oxygen, four hydroxyl oxygen, and two nitrogen atoms from two symmetry-related 2.21111 (Harris notation) ligands. The other atom is coordinated by six carboxylate oxygen atoms, four from two ligands and two from the monodentate benzoate groups. Each bicinate(-1) ligand chelates the 8-coordinate, square antiprismatic atom through one carboxylate oxygen, the nitrogen, and both hydroxyl oxygen atoms and bridges the second, six-coordinate trigonal prismatic center through its carboxylate oxygen atoms. Compound1is the first structurally characterized cadmium(II) complex containing any anionic form of bicine as ligand. IR data of1are discussed in terms of the coordination modes of the ligands and the known structure.