title: Di-μ-acetato-κO:O-bis-{(acetato-κO,O')bis-[3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl-κN)-1-phenyl-propan-1-one]cadmium} tetra-hydrate.
abstract: In the mol-ecular structure of the title neutral binuclear complex, [Cd(2)(C(2)H(3)O(2))(4)(C(12)H(12)N(2)O)(4)]·4H(2)O, each Cd(II) atom is six-coordinated and exhibits a distorted octa-hedral geometry. Three O atoms from two acetate ions and one monodentate 3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl-κN(3))-1-phenyl-propan-1-one (L) ligand form the equatorial plane, while the bridging-O atom forming the longer Cd-O distance,and the N atom of the second L ligand, forming the longer Cd-N distance, occupy axial positions with an N-Cd-O angle of 170.77 (7)°. Inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds exist between the lattice water mol-ecules and the acetate ions of adjacent mol-ecules, resulting in a two-dimensional supra-molecular structure.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387,  People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Guo