The electrochemical synthesis of β-diketonato complexes of cadmium(II), and their adducts; the crystal and molecular structure of Cd(acac)2phen
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The cadmium β-diketonate complexes Cd(RCOCHCOR′)2 (R = CH3, R′ = CH3; R = CF3 R′ = CH3, i-C3H7, i-C4H9, t-C4H9, C6H5, 2-naphthyl) can be prepared in good yield by the direct room temperature electrochemical oxidation of the metal into a solution of the parent diketone in acetonitrile. Adducts of the type Cd(RCOCHCOR′)2L (L = 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline, N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine) can be prepared insitu, or by subsequent addition of the ligand to the electrolytic solution. X-ray studies show that the molecular structure of both Cd(acac)2phen and Cd(CF3COCHCOC6H5)2phen is based on a CdO4N2 kernel, distorted from octahedral stereochemistry by the bite of the ligands.