Crystal structure of bis{2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethanol-κ4O,N,O′,O′′}cadmium terephthalate

Abstract

In the title salt, [Cd(C6H15NO3)2](C8H4O4), the Cd2+ cation is coordinated by six O atoms and two N atoms from two tetradentate 2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethanol ligands, displaying a distorted square-antiprismatic coordination. The terephthalate dianion does not coordinate to the cation but is connected through O...H—O hydrogen bonds of medium strength to the complex cations, leading to a layered structure extending parallel to (100).

Keywords

• crystal structure
• cadmium complex
• terephthalate
• hydrogen bonding