Coordination Mode of the Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) Cations with N‐(Diisopropoxyphosphoryl)thiobenzamide

Abstract

AbstractReaction of the potassium salt of N‐(diisopropoxyphosphoryl)thiobenzamide (iPrO)2P(O)NHC(S)C6H5 (HL) with ZnII and CdII cations in aqueous EtOH leads to three different complexes: [Zn(L‐O,S)2] (1), [Cd2(L‐O,S)4] (2) and [Cd(HL‐O)2(L‐O,S)2] (3). The structures of these compounds were investigated by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis, EI‐MS and ES‐MS, IR, 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectroscopy and microanalysis. The zinc(II) atom in complex 1 is in a distorted tetrahedral ZnO2S2 environment formed by the C=S sulfur atoms and the P=O oxygen atoms of two deprotonated ligands. The cadmium(II) complex 2 is centrosymmetric and consists of dimeric species. Two [Cd(L‐O,S)2] moieties are connected by two bridging [S–Cd–S] units through the sulfur atoms of the ligand C=S groups. Complex 2 has a distorted trigonal‐bipyramidal Cd(Oax)2(Seq)3 core. Complex 3 has a tetragonal‐bipyramidal environment, Cd(Oax)2(Oeq)2(Seq)2, and two neutral ligand molecules are coordinated in the axial positions through the oxygen atoms of the P=O groups. The base of the bipyramid is formed by two anionic ligands in a typical 1,5‐O,S coordination mode. The ligands are in a trans configuration. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)