The structures of the first two complexes with bidentate coordination of
aminoguanidine Schiff base, i.e., 2-acetylpyridine-aminoguanidine (L), are
reported. The complex of the formula [Cd2Cl6(HL)2] (1) was obtained in the
reaction of warm aqueous solutions of chloride salts of Cd(II), Zn(II), and
the ligand, while the reaction of cadmium bromide and the ligand in the
presence of deprotonating agent as well as ammonium thiocyanate resulted in
the formation of the complex in which Schiff base has both the role of the
ligand and the counterion, viz. [HL][Cd(HL)(NCS)2XY]?H2O (2), where X =
Cl?/Br?, and Y = Br?/SCN-. The complexes were characterized by IR
spectroscopy, elemental analysis, conductometric measurements, and SC-XRD.
The unusual bidentate coordination of the Schiff base lead to significant
changes in the geometry of this molecule (from almost planar in free form
and as a tridentate ligand to twisted as a bidentate ligand). Besides, in
complex 1 relatively rare bridging coordination of Cl-anions in octahedral
Cd(II) is found, while the crystal structure of complex 2 exhibits
substitutional disorder, and contains four different anions:
[Cd(HL)(NCS)2Br(SCN)]? (ca. 61 %), [Cd(HL)(NCS)2Cl(SCN)]? (ca. 35 %),
[Cd(HL)(NCS)2Br2]? (ca. 3 %), and [Cd(HL)(NCS)2ClBr] ? (ca. 1 %).