In the title compound, [CdI2(C14H12N2)], the molecule sits on a crystallographic twofold axis. The coordination sphere of the CdII atom is built of two symmetry-equivalent N atoms of one 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) ligand and two symmetry-equivalent I atoms, thus forming a distorted tetrahedral geometry. Inversion-related molecules interact along the c-axis direction by π -π stacking interactions between the phenanthroline ring systems, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.707 (9) and 3.597 (10) Å.
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Hail, P. O. Box 2440, Hail, Saudi Arabia
Belkheir Hammouti
LCAE-URAC18, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed Ier, 60000, Oujda, Morocco
Taibi Ben Hadda
Laboratoire Chimie Matériaux, FSO, Université Mohammed Ier, 60000, Oujda, Morocco
Rami Shareiah
Department of Basic Science, Allied Medical Science College, Applied Science Private University, P. O. Box 166, Amman, 11931, Jordan
Mohamed Rzaigui
Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux, Facultédes Sciences de Bizerte, 7021, Zarzouna Bizerte, Tunisia
Preferred Abstract (Original):
A binuclear nickel(II) chloride complex with dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline, di-μ-chloro-bis[chloro(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)nickel(II)] dimer, has been prepared and its molecular structure determined by X-ray diffraction. The crystal is triclinic, space group P−1, with the Ni(II) in [NiCl2(C14H12N2)]2 coordinated to two N of the phen ligand and three Cl−, one terminal and two bridging. A center of inversion lies midway between two Ni(II). Overall Ni(II) coordination is distorted triangular bipyramidal. The dimer complex was also characterized by elemental analysis, FAB-MS, IR and UV–visible spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis.