A Novel Three-Dimensional Cyano-Linked Metal-Complex Host Clathrate [{Cd(imH)}{Cd(CN)3(imH)}{Cd(CN)3}]·C6H6 (imH = imidazole): X-Ray Single Crystal Structure and Solid State 113Cd and 2H NMR

Abstract

Abstract The title clathrate involves imidazole-ligated octahedral and tetrahedral Cd atoms along with CN-only-ligated tetrahedral Cd linked by CN bridges to one another to give a three-dimensional host framework in which the guest benzene molecule takes a uniaxial reorientational motion about the molecular sixfold axis.