title: Crystal structure of bis-{2-[bis-(2-hy-droxy-eth-yl)amino]-ethanol-κ(4) O,N,O',O''}cadmium terephthalate.
abstract: In the title salt, [Cd(C6H15NO3)2](C8H4O4), the Cd(2+) cation is coordinated by six O atoms and two N atoms from two tetra-dentate 2-[bis-(2-hy-droxy-eth-yl)amino]-ethanol ligands, displaying a distorted square-anti-prismatic coordination. The terephthalate dianion does not coordinate to the cation but is connected through O⋯H-O hydrogen bonds of medium strength to the complex cations, leading to a layered structure extending parallel to (100).
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun 130041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun 130041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li-Ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: St Erik's Eye Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Polhemsgatan 50, SE-112 82 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun 130041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guan-Fang
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Su
keywords: cadmium complex; crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; terephthalate