A new type of mineralomimetic cadmium cyanide host framework containing methyl acetate
Abstract
The use of the methyl acetate molecule as the guest has provided a novel mineralomimetic cadmium cyanide host Cd(CN)2 framework with space group Pnma, which is more distorted than the analogous low temperature form of cristobalite with space group P41212. The novel clathrate Cd(CN)2 MeCO2Me 1 crystallized in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a=8.497(4), b=9.167(4), c=12.571(4) Å. The novel host framework is an example of a mineralomimetic Cd(CN)2 framework which would suggest the possibility of a SiO2 framework similar to 1.