Key indicatorsSingle-crystal X-ray study T = 293 K Mean '(C±C) = 0.004 A Ê R factor = 0.026 wR factor = 0.050 Data-to-parameter ratio = 13.6For details of how these key indicators were automatically derived from the article, see

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In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Cd(C6H15NO3)2](C4O4)·H2O, a supramolecular structure is observed. The asymmetric unit consists of one unit of the cationic Cd complex, one water mol­ecule and two half‐squarate anions, each sitting on a crystallographic inversion center. The different coordinations of the two triethanolamine (TEA) ligands results in an unusual example of coordination number seven for the CdII ion. Both TEA ligands coordinate to the CdII ion, forming a distorted monocapped trigonal prismatic geometry with approximate C2v symmetry. One of the TEA ligands acts as an N,O,O′‐tridentate ligand, whereas the other behaves as an N,O,O′,O′′‐tetradentate donor. The anions and cations are linked to one another by hydrogen bonds between hydroxy H atoms of the TEA ligands and squarate O atoms. The crystal structure is stabilized by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the unligated water mol­ecule and a squarate O atom, together with a weak π–ring interaction between the ethyl­ene group of a TEA ligand and a squarate anion.

The novel heteronuclear compounds [Zn(hydet-en) 2 Pd(CN) 4 ] (1) and [Cd(hydet-en) 2 Pd(CN) 4 ] (2) {hydet-en: N-(2-hydroxyethyl-ethylenediamine)} have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses and IR spectra. The crystal structures of 1 and 2 have been determined by X-ray diffraction. Structural analysis shows that both compounds have shown a polymeric chain, in which the Zn(II)/Pd(II) and Cd(II)/Pd(II) centres are linked by two CN groups. Both zinc and cadmium atoms are six coordinate with two trans cyanide-nitrogen and four hydet-en N atoms in a distorted octahedron arrangement; the palladium atoms in 1 and 2 are four coordinate with four cyanide-C atoms in a square planar arrangement. The chains in both compounds are connected through weak interchain hydrogen bonds, N-H Á Á Á O, N-H Á Á Á N and O-H Á Á Á N, thereby forming a three-dimensional network.