Novel Coordination Polymer of Cadmium (II) with L-Tryptophan

A new cadmium (II) polymeric coordination compound with tryptophan (Trp) of general formula {[Cd(L-Trp)(2)(H(2)O)Cl]∙(Trp)∙(H(2)O)}(n) was synthesized. The monocrystals of the investigated complex were obtained using the method of slow evaporation. The crystal and molecular structure was determined. The compound was crystallized in the orthorhombic P2(1)2(1)2(1) space group. The cadmium atom was seven coordinates by two oxygen atoms from one bidentate-chelating carboxylate group of bridging Trp, two oxygen atoms from one bidentate-chelating carboxylate group from a monodentate organic ligand, one oxygen atom of water molecule, one nitrogen atom of the amino group from bridging Trp and one chlorine atom, which means that every tridentate Trp substituent was bridging towards one cadmium atom and bidentate chelating towards one another. The monodentate Trp is a zwitterionic molecule. The coordination led to the formation of 1D supramolecular chains entrapping water and Trp molecules.