The new Schiff base
ligand 2-chlorobenzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone(L,
1) has been synthesi
zed and characteri
zedby spectral techniques and single-crystal X-ray analysis. Crystalsof
1 are monoc
linic, space group
P2
1/
n with
a = 12.964(4) Å,
b = 5.131(5) Å,
c = 4.970(1) Å
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= 94.32(2)
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,and
Z = 4. The thiosemicarbazone moietyadopts a configuration with N(1)
cis to N(3) and places the
E configuration about both the bonds C(1)-N(2)andC(2)-N(3). The monodentate behavior of the neutral
ligand (L)has been investigated in two cadmium ha
lidesCdL
2 Br
2 (
2) andCdL
2I
2 (
3). Compound
2 crystal
lizes in space group
Cc with
a = 8.175(1) Å,
b =14.176(1)Å,
c = 21.073(1) Å
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=94.02(1)
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, and
Z = 4. Compound
3crystal
lizes in space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
with
a =10.9577(1)Å,
b = 16.174(1) Å,
c = 7.878(1)Å
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= 100.50(1)
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,
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= 109.39(1)
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,
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= 83.67(1)
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, and
Z = 2. Thecoordinationgeometry about the cadmium(II) atom in compound
2conforms to a tetrahedral configuration with two sulfuratoms from two unequivalent neutral
ligands and two bromide atoms.Whereas the coordination geometry aboutthe cadmium(II) atom in compound
3 is (4 + 1)distorted trigonal bipyramidal with two iodide atoms andonesulfur atom in the equatorial plane, the other thiosemicarbazone sulfurand the iodide atom I(1a) of an adjacentmoiety occupy the axial positions. Compound
2 exhibitspowder SHG efficiencies
ca. 20 times that ofurea,whereas compound
3 does not exhibit any SHG efficiency.Theory and experiment suggested that intermolecularcontact is the main factor control
ling the SHG efficiencies ofcompounds.