Di-μ-acetato-κ³O,O′:O′;κ³O:O,O′-bis[(acetato-κ²O,O′)bis(5-nitro-1,10-phenanthroline-κ²N,N′)cadmium]

Abstract

In the binuclear title compound, [Cd2(C2H3O2)4(C12H7N3O2)2], the CdII cations are linked by carboxyl­ate O atoms into a four-membered Cd2O2 rhombic ring with a Cd⋯ Cd separation of 3.7515 (5) Å. Each CdII atom is seven-coordinated by a bidentate 5-nitro-1,10-phenanthroline (5-NO2-phen) ligand and two bidentate acetate anions, one of which also acts as a bridge linking the two Cd atoms. The crystal packing is stabilized by π–π inter­actions between the phen rings of neighboring mol­ecules, with centroid–centroid distances of 3.491 (2) (intra­molecular) and 3.598 (2) Å (inter­molecular).