metal-organic compounds
In the title mixed-ligand metal-organic polymeric complex, {[Co(NCS)2(C8H12N6)2]·2H2O}n, the asymmetric unit contains a divalent CoII cation, which sits on an inversion centre, two halves of two crystallographically distinct and centrosymmetric 1,4-bis(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butane (BTB) ligands, one N-bound thiocyanate ligand and one solvent water molecule. The CoII atom possesses a distorted {CoN6} octahedral geometry, with the equatorial positions taken up by triazole N atoms from four different BTB ligands. The axial positions are filled by thiocyanate N atoms. In the crystal, each CoII atom is linked covalently to four others through the distal donors of the tethering BTB ligands, forming a neutral (4,4)-topology two-dimensional rhomboid grid layer motif, which is coincident with the (11) crystal planes. Magnetic investigations show that weak antiferromagnetic coupling exists between CoII atoms in the complex.
metal-organic compounds
In the crystal structure of the title two-dimensional metal-organic polymeric complex, [Cd2Cl4(C8H14N2O4)(H2O)2]n, the asymmetric unit contains a crystallographically independent CdII cation, two chloride ligands, an aqua ligand and half a 2,2'-(piperazine-1,4-diium-1,4-diyl)diacetate (H2PDA) ligand, the piperazine ring centroid of which is located on a crystallographic inversion centre. Each CdII centre is six-coordinated in an octahedral environment by an O atom from an H2PDA ligand and an O atom from an aqua ligand in a trans disposition, and by four chloride ligands arranged in the plane perpendicular to the O-Cd-O axis. The complex forms a two-dimensional layer polymer containing [CdCl2]n chains, which are interconnected into an extensive three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network by C-HO, C-HCl and O-HO hydrogen bonds.