Synthesis and Characterization of a Two-dimensional Cadmium(II) Compound Involving Covalent and Hydrogen Bonds

A two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded cadmium(II) compound [Cd(dapm)2- (CH3COO)2(H2O)2] (dapm = diaminodiphenylmethane) has been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. It crystallizes in monoclinic, space group C2/c with a = 27.572(3), b = 5.5064(5), c = 23.310(2) , = 124.785(1)o, C15H19Cdo.5ON2O3, Mr =331.52, V = 2906.6(5) ?, Z = 4, Dc = 1.515 g/cm3, F(000) = 1368 and = 0.801 mm-1. The final R = 0.0403 and wR = 0.1014 for 1795 observed reflections with I≥4(I). The centrosymmetric Cd(II) is six- coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry, and the dapm in a trans mode acts as a monoden- tate ligand. The intermolecular hydrogen bonds among coordinated aqua molecules with coordi- nated acetate oxygen atoms and uncoordinated dapm nitrogen atoms form a two-dimensional supramolecular framework.