A Linear Trinuclear Cd-Ii-Cd-Ii-Cd-Ii Complex With A Mu-Acetato Bridge: Bis{(Mu-Acetato)[Mu-Bis(Salicylidene)-1,3-Propanediaminato]-Cadmium(II)}Cadmium(II)

Abstract

The title complex, bis(mu-acetato)-1:2 kappa(2)O:O';2:3 kappa(2)O:O'-bis{mu-2,2'-[1,3-propanediylbis(nitrilomethylidene)]di phenolato}-1 kappa(4)N,N',O,O':2 kappa(2)O,O';3 kappa(4)N,N',O,O':2 kappa(2)O,O'-tricadmium(II), [Cd{Cd(C17H16N2O2)(CH3CO2)}(2)], consists of a doubly oxygen-bridged linear homotrinuclear complex. The outer Cd-II ions, related by an inversion centre, have an irregular square-pyramidal coordination. The central Cd-II ion has an irregular octahedral coordination and lies on an inversion centre. The metal-metal bridging distance is 3.2582 (3) Angstrom.