Cobalt(II) and cadmium(II) compounds with adamantane-1-sulfonic acid

In this work we reported syntheses and characterization of two novel compounds of adamantane-1-sulfonic acid (1-AdSO3H) with cobalt(II) and cadmium(II), respectively. The result of the single crystal X-ray analysis of compounds revealed that adamantane-1-sulfonate (1-AdSO3 -) in monoanionic form plays a different role in investigated compounds. Namely, while in compound [Co(H2O)6](1-AdSO3)2 six water molecules are coordinated to cobalt(II) ion and 1-AdSO3 - serves as a counter ion, in compound [Cd(H2O)4(1-AdSO3)2] two molecules of 1-AdSO3 - are trans-coordinated to the cadmium(II) ion as monodentate (O) ligand and other coordination sites are occupied by water molecules. The obtained compounds showed a moderate activity against Artemia salina. nema