title: Di-μ-thio-cyanato-κN:S;κS:N-bis-[bis-(2-methyl-1H-benzimidazole-κN)(thio-cyanato-κN)cadmium(II)].
abstract: The title compound, [Cd(2)(NCS)(4)(C(8)H(8)N(2))(4)], is a centrosymmetric dinuclear cadmium(II) complex in which each two metal ions are linked by a pair of thio-cyanate N:S-bridges. Two 2-methyl-benzimidazole N-atom donors and one terminal thio-cyanate N atom complete a highly distorted square-pyramidal geometry around the Cd atom. In the crystal structure, two N-H⋯S hydrogen-bonding inter-actions occur, resulting in a three-dimensional polymeric structure. The apical 2-methyl-benzimidazole ring and its symmetry-related counterpart are arranged in an anti-parallel manner with a centroid-centroid separation of 3.6050 (14) Å, indicative of a π-π inter-action.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: Shayma
authors: S
authors: A Shaker
authors: Hamid
authors: H
authors: Khaledi
authors: Hapipah
authors: H
authors: Mohd Ali
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