Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of a cadmium complex of naphthalene-1,5-di-sulfonate and o-phenyl-enedi-amine.

A novel o-phenyl-enedi-amine (opda)-based cadmium complex, bis-(benzene-1,2-di-amine-κ(2) N,N')bis-(benzene-1,2-di-amine-κN)cadmium(II) naphthalene-1,5-di-sulfonate, [Cd(C(6)H(8)N(2))(4)](C(10)H(6)O(6)S(2)), was synthesized. The complex salt crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c. The Cd atom occupies a special position and coordinates six nitro-gen atoms from four o-phenyl-enedi-amine mol-ecules, two as chelating ligands and two as monodentate ligands. The amino H atoms of opda inter-act with two O atoms of the naphthalene-1,5-di-sulfonate anions. The anions act as bridges between [Cd(opda)(4)](2+) cations, forming a two-dimensional network in the [010] and [001] directions. The Hirshfeld surface analysis shows that the primary factors contributing to the supramolecular inter-actions are short contacts, particularly van der Waals forces of the type H⋯H, O⋯H and C⋯H.