Synthesis, crystal growth and spectroscopic investigation of novel metal organic crystal: β-Alanine cadmium bromide monohydrate (β-ACBM)

•The structure is reported for first time.•Spectroscopic characterization and structure of β-ACBM crystal have been discussed.•The title crystal has wide optical transparency window between 344 nm and 1100 nm with optical band gap 3.47 eV.•The title complex crystal thermally stable up to 90 °C.•This grown crystal belongs to soft magnetic material category.

β-Alanine cadmium bromide monohydrate (β-ACBM), a new metal organic crystal has been grown from aqueous solution by slow evaporation technique. The grown crystals have been subjected to single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis to determine the crystal structure. The β-ACBM crystallized in monoclinic system with space group P21/c. The presence of protons and carbons in the β-alanine cadmium bromide monohydrate was confirmed by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectral analysis. The mode of vibration of different molecular groups present in β-ACBM was identified by FT-IR spectral analysis. Transparency of crystals in UV–Vis–NIR region has also been studied. The thermal characteristics of as-grown crystals were analyzed using thermo gravimetric and differential thermal analyses. The magnetic property of the grown crystal was investigated using Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) at ambient temperature. The mechanical stability of β-ACBM was evaluated by Vickers microhardness measurement.

Graphical abstractFigure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide