Crystal structure and fluorescence of supramolecular compound [Cd3Cl6C6N2O8H22]n

A novel trinuclear supramolecular compound of [Cd3Cl6C6N2O8H22]n has been synthesized under alanine with cadmium chloride to the reaction in aqueous solution conditions, and characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, DTA-TG. Its crystal structure was determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction. The title compound crystallizes in monoclinic system with space group P21/n. The crystal structure of the compound is characterized by forming a trinuclear 3D supramolecular structure with three cadmium(II) ions, six chloride ions, two molecules D, L-alanine in salt, two coordinated water molecules and two crystal water molecules. Cd(1) is distorted octahedrally coordinated with two oxygen atoms (from the adjacent amino acid and water molecule) and four chloride ions; Cd(2) is smaller extent distorted octahedrally coordinated with two oxygen atoms (from the adjacent amino acids) and four chloride ions. Cd(1) and Cd(2) connected by the bridge bonds of μ2-Cl, μ3-Cl and the carboxyl oxygen into ID chain structure, which further connected by hydrogen bonds to form 3D supramolecular network. Fluorescence test showed that the compound has a good photoluminescence property, respectively.