Metal-Organic Papers
2011

New Cadmium Complex with Imidazole and Benzotriazole

publication Evidence: moderate

Author Information

Author(s): Wang Xia, Niu Jun-long

Primary Institution: Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Hypothesis

The study investigates the formation of a dinuclear cadmium complex using specific ligands.

Conclusion

The dinuclear cadmium complex was successfully synthesized and characterized.

Supporting Evidence

  • The complex lies on a crystallographic center of inversion.
  • The CdII atom is coordinated by two nitrogen atoms and two iodine atoms.
  • The benzotriazole rings in adjacent molecules are almost parallel.

Takeaway

Scientists made a new compound using cadmium and special chemicals, and they found out how it looks.

Methodology

The complex was synthesized by reacting 1-[(2-ethyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1H-benzotriazole with cadmium iodide in methanol.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1107/S1600536811021179

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