“…1), contains one half of the complex molecule [CdL 2 (H 2 O) 4 ] [L = (1-ammonio-1-phosphonoethyl)phosphonate] and one lattice water molecule. All bond lengths and angles in (I) are normal and correspond to those observed in bisphosphonate complexes with transition metals (Shkol'nikova et al, 1991;Sergienko et al, 1997Sergienko et al, , 1999Yin et al, 2005;Li et al, 2006;Lin et al, 2007;Xiang et al, 2007;Dudko et al, 2009Dudko et al, , 2010Bon et al, 2010;Tsaryk et al, 2010Tsaryk et al, , 2011. The Cd II atom occupies a special position on an inversion centre and shows a slightly distorted octahedral coordination environment formed by two phosphonic O atoms in trans positions and four aqua O atoms in the equatorial plane.…”