Bis(μ-2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxylato)-κ³O,O′:O;κ³O:O,O′-bis[(2,2′-bipyridine-κ²N,N′)(2-phenylquinoline-4-carboxylato-κ²O,O′)cadmium(II)]

Abstract

The neutral binuclear title complex, [Cd2(C16H10NO2)4(C10H8N2)2], is centrosymmetric, with the inversion center generating the central (μ-O)2Cd2 bridge. The CdII ion is in a strongly distorted CdN2O5 penta­gonal-bipyramidal geometry, defined by two N atoms from one 2,2′-bipyridine ligand and five O atoms from three 2-phenyl­quinoline-4-carboxyl­ate ligands, one monodentate, two bidentate. Weak inter­molecular π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.712 (3) Å] help to establish the packing of the structure.