Bis(1H-benzotriazole-7-sulfonato-κO)bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)cadmium dihydrate

Abstract

In the title complex, [Cd(C6H4N3O3S)2(C12H8N2)2]·2H2O, the Cd2+ cation is located on an inversion center and is coordinated by four N atoms from two symmetry-related 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and two sulfonate O atoms from two benzotriazole-7-sulfonate anions, displaying a distorted CdN4O2 octahedral geometry. In the crystal, O—H...N, O—H...O, N—H...O, C—H...N and C—H...O hydrogen bonds occur. The lattice water molecules and sulfonate O atoms as donor or acceptor atoms play important roles in the formation of these interactions.