TY - JOUR A2 - Steiner, Alexander AU - Kefi, R. AU - Zeller, M. AU - Lefebvre, F. AU - Ben Nasr, C. PY - 2011 DA - 2012/01/31 TI - Synthesis and Characterization of Bis(4-methylbenzylammonium) Tetrachloridocadmate(II) SP - 274073 VL - 2011 AB - The crystal structure of the new inorganic-organic hybrid compound [4-CH3C6H4CH2NH3]2[CdCl4] has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with lattice parameters a=10.721(2), b=33.986(6), c=5.326(1) Å, β=97.222(1)°, V=1940.8(7) Å3, and Z=4. The framework of the title compound is built upon layers parallel to (010) made up from corner-sharing CdCl6 octahedra. 4-Methylbenzylammonium cations are situated between the layers and connect them via an N–HCl hydrogen bonding network. The Cd atom is located on an inversion centre, and the coordination environment is described as distorted octahedral. Solid state 13C CP-MAS NMR spectroscopy is in agreement with the X-ray structure. DFT calculations allow the attribution of the carbon peaks to the independent crystallographic sites. Thermal analysis and infrared spectroscopy were also used to characterize the complex. SN - 2090-2026 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/274073 DO - 10.1155/2011/274073 JF - International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -