Synthesis, spectral, electrochemical, crystal structure studies of two novel di-μ-halo-bis[halo(2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline)cadmium(II)] dimer complexes and their thermolysis to nanometal oxides

Two new neutral dimer Cadmium(II) complexes, [Cd-2(dmdphphen)(2)X-4] and where X = Cl (complex 1), Br (complex 2), and dmdphphen = 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, were synthesized and characterized by an elemental analysis, UV-Vis, IR, TG/DTA, CV and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 crystallizes in the triclinic system with the space group P-1 with unit cell parameters a = 10.1124(8) angstrom, b = 10.8875(8) angstrom, c = 11.5730(9) angstrom, alpha = 108.323(3)degrees, beta = 107.010(3)degrees, gamma = 91.260(3)degrees V = 1147.51(15) angstrom(3) and Z = 1. The Cd(II) ions are located in a slightly distorted square-pyramidal geometry. The complexes exhibit a quasi-reversible one electron response at -570 mV vs. Cp2Fe/Cp2Fe+, which has been assigned Cd(II)/Cd(III) couples. TG/DTA result shows that these complexes are very stable and decomposed through one step reaction. Calcination of Complex 1, revealed the formation of Cubic nanoparticle CdO. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.