Crystal Structure of Tetrakis(N,N-dimethyl, N′-phenylthiourea-S) cadmium(II) diperchlorate [Cd((CH3)2NCSNHPh)4](ClO4)2

In the cation of the title compound, [Cd((CH3)2NCSNHPh)4](ClO4)2 the four ligand molecules are coordinated to the Cd atom through the S atom in a slightly distorted tetrahedral geometry, with Cd-S distances between 2.532(2) and 2.552(2)Å. The crystal structure forms a three-dimensional framework, which delimits c-axis tunnels. The title compound belongs to the monoclinic space group P21/n with a = 11.082(3), b = 35.856(8), c = 12.135(3)Å, β = 106.04(2)°, V = 4634(2)Å3, Z = 4. Refinement gave R = 0.0496, wR (F2) = 0.1515 for 5620 unique observed reflections (I > 2 σ(I)).