A new monomeric octahedral cadmium(II) complex based on 1,1-bis(3-methyl-4-imidazoline-2-thione)methane ligand with dye adsorption ability

A new cadmium complex with a flexible imidazolinethione ligand has been successfully synthesized. The ligand acts as a bidentate chelating molecule, resulting in the structure being a monomer. In this monomer, cadmium has an octahedral geometry coordinated by four sulfur atoms from two mbit ligands where mbit = 3,3'-methylenebis(1-methyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazole-2-thione) and two oxygen atoms from the DMF molecules. The ClO4− anions are uncoordinated and neutralize the positive charge of the cationic complex. The title complex has a good capacity for adsorbing several organic dyes from pollutant solutions.