Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two Chloro‐Bridged Coordination Polymers [Cd(BIM)Cl2]n and [Pb(BIM)Cl2]n

Abstract

AbstractTwo novel coordination polymers, [Cd(BIM)Cl2]n (1) and [Pb(BIM)Cl2]n (2) [wherein BIM = bis(imidazol‐1‐yl)methane], were synthesized by the reactions of the BIM ligand with CdCl2 and PbCl2, respectively. They were characterized by elemental analyses, IR, TGA and X‐ray single‐crystal diffraction techniques. Single‐crystal X‐ray structure analyses showed there is a pseudooctahedral arrangement around the cadmium atom in the complex 1. It has a three‐dimensional network which contains one‐dimensional inorganic‐organic hybrid chains and μ2‐bridging chloride ligands. A rare pentacoordinate square‐pyramidal arrangement was adopted for the lead(II) atom in the complex 2, which has an unusual two‐dimensional layer structure of macrometallacycles crosslinked with the bridging Pb2Cl2 units. The metal atoms in both complexes were coordinated with two BIM ligands in cis arrangement and bridged by μ2‐bridging chloride ligands.