title: Bis[2-(benzimidazol-2-ylsulfan-yl)acetato]bis-(2,2'-bipyridine)cadmium(II).
abstract: In the structure of the title compound, [Cd(C(9)H(7)N(2)O(2)S)(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)], the complex mol-ecules are located on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis and the Cd(II) ion is octa-hedrally coordinated by two chelating 2,2'-bipyridine ligands and two O atoms from the carboxyl-ate groups of two 2-(benzimidazol-2-ylsulfan-yl)acetate ligands. The two carboxyl-ate ligands adopt a cis configuration with respect to each other. Within each of these ligands, the imidazole fragments are bent back in a loop towards the acetyl groups, forming intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which help to stablilize the mononuclear complex. Adjacent mol-ecules are further linked by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, resulting in a chain along the c axis.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yan-Yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jian-Quan
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ya-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhang