Synthesis, crystal structure and luminescent properties of one new inorganic-organic hybrid compound [O2NBzQL]4[Cd(SCN)4(NCS)2] (O2NBzQL=1-(4'-NO2-benzyl)quinolinium cation).

A new inorganic-organic hybrid compound [O2NBzQL]4[Cd(SCN)4(NCS)2] (O2NBzQL=1-(4'-NO2-benzyl)quinolinium cation) has been synthesized and characterized by IR, UV, elemental analysis and X-ray crystallography. Cd(II) atom has an distorted octahedral environment with an N4S2 donor set. In solid state there are three types of face-to-face π-π interactions between adjacent cations and multiform C-H⋯S and C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds between [O2NBzQL]+ cations and cadmium thiocyanate anions. The luminescent properties of the title compound were both investigated in H2O solution and in solid state at room temperature, respectively.