Triphenylphosphine complexes of cadmium(II) perchlorate, nitrate, and trifluoroacetate preparation, characterization, and spectral studies
1:2 complexes, CdX2(PPh3)2, where X = ClO4, NO3, CF3CO2 and 1:1 complex, Cd(CF3CO2)2PPh3, have been isolated and characterized by elemental analysis and by vibrational and 31P—{lH} nmr spectral measurements. Conductance measurements show that the complexes behave as non-ionic species in dichloromethane. The vibrational spectra of the perchlorato complex are consistent with a six-coordinate structure in the solid state as well as in solution but it is difficult to deduce the structures of the nitrato and trifluoroacetato complexes from the spectral data. Assignments for the metal–ligand stretching frequencies for all the four complexes have been proposed. The 3lP—{1H} nmr spectra of the four complexes have been discussed. Formation of the 1:3 and 1:4 complexes, Cd(ClO4)2(PPh3)3 and Cd(ClO4)2(PPh3)4, in solution, has also been established by 31P—{lH} nmr spectral measurements.