Crystal structures ofcatena-[diligatocadmium(II) tetra-?-cyanocadmate(II)] host clathrates: Diamminecadmium(II) tetracyanocadmate(II)-benzene(1/2), diamminecadmium(II) tetracyanocadmate(II)-aniline(1/2), ethylenediaminecadmium(II) tetracyanocadmate(II)-aniline(1/2), and a novel type bis(aniline)cadmium(II) tetracyanocadmate(II)-aniline(2/1)

Abstract

The crystal structures of the four title clathrate compounds Cd(NH3)2Cd(CN)4 · 2C6H6,I, Cd(NH3)2Cd(CN)4 · 2C6H5NH2,II, Cd(NH2CH2CH2NH2)Cd(CN)4 · 2 C6H5NH2,III, and Cd(C6H5NH2)2Cd(CN)4 · 0.5C6H5NH2,IV, have been analyzed by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. CompoundI crystallizes in the monoclinic space groupC2/c,a = 12.063(2),b = 12.174(2),c = 14.621(1) A,β = 90.976(9)°,Z = 4,R = 0.042 for 2388 reflections;II: monoclinic C2/c,a = 12.1951(9),b = 12.078(1),c = 14.6921(7) A,β = 93.436(5)°,Z = 4,R = 0.039 for 2374 reflections;III: monoclinicCc,a = 11.027(1),b = 12.0767(9),c = 15.837(1) A,β = 92.059(9)°,Z = 4,R = 0.041 for 2883 reflections; andIV: monoclinicP21/n,a = 15.169(2),b = 16.019(2),c = 8.866(1) A,β = 95.73(1)°,Z = 4,R = 0.052 for 3612 reflections. The three-dimensionalcatena-[diamminecadmium(II) tetra-μ-cyanocadmate(II)] hosts ofI andII are substantially isostructural to that of the already known Hofmann-Td-type Cd(NH3)2Hg(CN)4 · 2C6H6. The three-dimensional en-Td-typecatena-[catena-μ-ethylenediaminecadmium(II) tetra-μ-cyanocadmate(II)] host ofIII, reinforced by the catena-μ-en linking between the octahedral Cd atoms, accommodates the aniline as the guest with a monoclinic distortion from the tetragonal symmetry of the previously reported en-Td-type benzene clathrate. InIV dual behavior of aniline, one as the unidentate ligand in the three-dimensional host and the other as the guest in the cage-like cavity, has been demonstrated.