Structure of bis(dipropyldithiocarbamate) cadmium(II), [Cd2(n-Pr2dtc)4] (dtc = dithiocarbamate)

The cadmium complex of bis(dipropyldithiocarbamate), [Cd₂(n-Pr₂dtc)₄] (dtc = dithiocarbamate) was crystallized from ethylether. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P_2I/c, with lattice parameters, a = 8.2532(1), b = 19.4519(1), c = 13.4163(2) Å, = 99.243(1)°, and Z = 4. The X-ray single-crystal structure of [Cd₂(n-Pr₂dtc)₄] reveals that the complex is binuclear in the solid state and the Cd atom has a distorted square-pyramidal coordination environment and four equatorial donors are the two bidentate chelate sulfur atoms from two dtc ligands, of which the sulfur atom from the bridging dtc ligand occupies the apical position of the symmetry-related Cd atom in the dimer structure.