| Abstract: A dinuclear cadmium complex, [Cd2(3-PyOH)4(FBA)4] (FBA-=4-formylbenzoate monoanion, C8H5O3, 3-PyOH=3-hydroxypyridine), was synthesized and characterized by the element analysis, IR, TG and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Each cadmium(II) ion is six-coordinated by four O atoms from three different FBA- groups and two N atoms from two different 3-PyOH ligands, giving a distorted octahedral geometry. The two cadmium(II) atoms are bridged by two FBA- groups, with the Cd…Cd distances being 0.392 8(6) nm. In addition, there are two kinds of π-π stacking interactions between the two adjacent parallel 3-PyOH ligands in the title complex, with the Cg…Cg (Cg is the centroid of the above rings) distances of 0.361 0(5) and 0.385 2(6) nm, respectively. A two-dimensional supramolecular layer structure is constructed by intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the carboxyl O atoms of the FBA- groups and the 3-PyOH ligands in ab plane. CCDC: 619649. |
