Synthesis and Characterization of 2-Mercapto-1-cyclohexylimidazole–Based Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) Bromide Complexes: The Crystal Structure of [Zn(Hmim chexyl )2(Br)2] with N–H…Br Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding Interactions

Abstract

Reactions of the ligand 2-mercapto-1-cyclohexylimidazole (Hmimchexyl) with both zinc(II) and cadmium(II) bromides in ethanol solutions afforded 2:1 complexes of the type [M(Hmimchexyl)2(Br)2] (M = Zn 1, and Cd 2) with an MBr2S2 configurations. Spectroscopic evidence (FT-IR and 1H-13C NMR) confirms that the exocyclic thione sulfur atoms are the donors in both complexes. Complex 1 crystallizes in a monoclinic system, space group C2/c, a = 16.180(3), b = 10.817(5), c = 13.602(3); α = 90, β = 106.754(17), γ = 90; Z = 4; R1 = 0.0229, wR2 = 0.0554. The coordination geometry about the zinc(II) atom is distorted tetrahedral with average Zn-S and Zn-Br bond lengths of 3.3418(8) and 2.4017(6) Å, respectively. The bromide ions form intermolecular N–H…Br hydrogen bonding with the thione NH groups of the ligand molecule.