Consecutive treatment of methyl-substituted quinolinium and 2,6-diarylpyrilium perchlorates with sodium ethylate and equimolar amount of anhydrous cadmium(II) trifluoroacetate gives 2- and 4-methylenecadmium-containing salts of the above heterocyclic cations in 80-97% yields. The reactions of the cadmium-containing quinolinium and pyrilium salts with hydrochloric acid, acetic anhydride, mercuric trifluoroacetate, SnCl2, and nickel(II) trifluoroacetate, resulting in substitution of the CdOCOCF3 group by hydrogen, Ac, HgOCOCF3, SnCl, and NiOCOCF3, respectively, were studied.
(4), [Cd(3-IPT)Cl]n (5), [Cd(3-HIPT)I2]n (6), [Cd(3-IPT)I]n (7), and [Cd(3-HIPT)2]n (8). Single-crystal X-ray analysis revealed that compound 1 is a 1D beaded chain, whereas compounds 2 and 3 are made of 2D networks. Compounds 1–3 are supramolecular isomers; their synthesis can be controlled under different temperatures and concentrations. The results showed that compounds 1 and 3 are the most thermodynamically