Bis(μ-2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxylato)-κ3O,O′:O;κ3O:O,O′-bis[(2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′)(2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxylato-κ2O,O′)cadmium(II)]

Abstract

The neutral binuclear title complex, [Cd2(C16H10NO2)4(C10H8N2)2], is centrosymmetric, with the inversion center generating the central (μ-O)2Cd2 bridge. The CdII ion is in a strongly distorted CdN2O5 pentagonal-bipyramidal geometry, defined by two N atoms from one 2,2′-bipyridine ligand and five O atoms from three 2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxylate ligands, one monodentate, two bidentate. Weak intermolecular π–π interactions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.712 (3) Å] help to establish the packing of the structure.