Coordination Mode of the Zinc(II) and Cadmium(II) Cations with N-(Diisopropoxyphosphoryl)thiobenzamide

Reaction of the potassium salt of N‐(diisopropoxyphosphoryl)thiobenzamide (iPrO)2P(O)NHC(S)C6H5 (HL) with ZnII and CdII cations in aqueous EtOH leads to three different complexes: [Zn(L‐O,S)2] (1), [Cd2(L‐O,S)4] (2) and [Cd(HL‐O)2(L‐O,S)2] (3). The structures of these compounds were investigated by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis, EI‐MS and ES‐MS, IR, 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectroscopy and microanalysis. The zinc(II) atom in complex 1 is in a distorted tetrahedral ZnO2S2 environment formed by the C=S sulfur atoms and the P=O oxygen atoms of two deprotonated ligands. The cadmium(II) complex 2 is centrosymmetric and consists of dimeric species. Two [Cd(L‐O,S)2] moieties are connected by two bridging [S–Cd–S] units through the sulfur atoms of the ligand C=S groups. Complex 2 has a distorted trigonal‐bipyramidal Cd(Oax)2(Seq)3 core. Complex 3 has a tetragonal‐bipyramidal environment, Cd(Oax)2(Oeq)2(Seq)2, and two neutral ligand molecules are coordinated in the axial positions through the oxygen atoms of the P=O groups. The base of the bipyramid is formed by two anionic ligands in a typical 1,5‐O,S coordination mode. The ligands are in a trans configuration. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)