cis-Dichlorobis(1,10-phenanthroline-N¹,N¹⁰)cadmium(II)

The title complex, [CdCl₂(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂] exhibits a slightly distorted octahedral geometry in which the Cd atom is coordinated to four N atoms from two phenanthroline ligands and to two cis-Cl atoms. The Cd-N bond lengths are in the range 2.387 (3)-2.486 (4) Å and the Cd-Cl distances are 2.505 (1) and 2.528 (1) Å. The Cl-Cd-Cl angle is 106.19 (5) Å and the chelate ring N-Cd-N bond angles are 68.4 (1) and 68.5 (1)°.

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