[(Nitrato-κ2O,O′)(nitrito-κ2O,O′)(0.25/1.75)]bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)cadmium(II)

The reaction of cadmium nitrate and sodium nitrite in the presence of 1,10-phenanthroline yields the mixed nitrate–nitrite title complex, [Cd(NO2)1.75(NO3)0.25(C12H8N2)2]. The metal ion is bis-chelated by two N-heterocycles as well as by the nitrate/nitrite ions in a distorted dodecahedral CdN4O4 coordination environment. One nitrite group is ordered; the other is disordered with respect to a nitrate group (ratio 0.75:0.25) concerning the O atom that is not involved in bonding to the metal ion.

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