RT Journal Article T1 Anion–Cation Recognition Pattern, Thermal Stability and DFT-Calculations in the Crystal Structure of H2dap[Cd(HEDTA)(H2O)] Salt (H2dap = H2(N3,N7)-2,6-Diaminopurinium Cation) A1 Belmont Sánchez, Jeannette Carolina A1 Ruiz González, Noelia A1 Frontera, Antonio A1 Matilla Hernández, Antonio A1 Castiñeiras Campos, Alfonso A1 Niclós Gutiérrez, Juan K1 EDTA K1 2,6-diaminopurine K1 Cadmium K1 Co-crystal K1 H-bonding K1 π–π stacking AB The proton transfer between equimolar amounts of [Cd(H2EDTA)(H2O)] and 2,6-diaminopurine (Hdap) yielded crystals of the out-of-sphere metal complex H2(N3,N7)dap[Cd(HEDTA)(H2O)]·H2O (1) that was studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, FT-IR spectroscopy, density functional theory (DFT) and quantum theory of “atoms-in-molecules” (QTAIM) methods. The crystal was mainly dominated by H-bonds, favored by the observed tautomer of the 2,6-diaminopurinium(1+) cation. Each chelate anion was H-bonded to three neighboring cations; two of them were also connected by a symmetry-related anti-parallel π,π-staking interaction. Our results are in clear contrast with that previously reported for H2(N1,N9)ade [Cu(HEDTA)(H2O)]·2H2O (EGOWIG in Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), Hade = adenine), in which H-bonds and π,π-stacking played relevant roles in the anion–cation interaction and the recognition between two pairs of ions, respectively. Factors contributing in such remarkable differences are discussed on the basis of the additional presence of the exocyclic 2-amino group in 2,6-diaminopurinium(1+) ion PB MDPI YR 2020 FD 2020 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23501 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23501 LA eng NO Belmont-Sánchez, J.C.; Ruiz-González, N.; Frontera, A.; Matilla-Hernández, A.; Castiñeiras, A.; Niclós-Gutiérrez, J. Anion–Cation Recognition Pattern, Thermal Stability and DFT-Calculations in the Crystal Structure of H2dap[Cd(HEDTA)(H2O)] Salt (H2dap = H2(N3,N7)-2,6-Diaminopurinium Cation). Crystals 2020, 10, 304 NO This research was funded by the Excellence Network ‘Metal Ions in Biological Systems’ MetalBio CTQ2017-90802-REDT, the Research group FQM-283 (Junta de Andalucía) and MICIU/AEI of Spain (project CTQ2017-85821-R FEDER funds) DS Minerva RD 30 abr 2026